## Why
We constantly get bug reports about keys not being recognized by Codex
when the terminal is not handling the key press. Running `/keymap debug`
or `/keymap` and going to the Debug tab, we can allow the user to either
understand that the key being pressed is not being recognized or to
check what it's being recognized as and report or reassign that key.
| Menu | Inspector | Hint |
|---|---|---|
| <img width="1369" height="796" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-02 at 12 57 12"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/512b6faa-344e-4aee-9c00-b4bdc633a662"
/> | <img width="1261" height="754" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-02 at 12 56
36"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a6ddae7d-e174-4ee4-893f-e6bec4fff4ab"
/> | <img width="1369" height="796" alt="CleanShot 2026-05-02 at 12 57
30"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/db507784-f40a-4cff-ac23-a61d9703769b"
/> |
## Summary
- add a Debug tab to `/keymap` and support `/keymap debug` for direct
access
- show what key Codex receives, the config key representation, raw event
details, and matching actions
- add a progressive missing-key hint that escalates after a few seconds
with no detected keypress
## Validation
- `just fmt`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui keymap_setup::tests::debug_view`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui keymap_setup::tests`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui slash_keymap`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui` (unit tests passed; integration test
`suite::model_availability_nux::resume_startup_does_not_consume_model_availability_nux_count`
failed locally by itself with `codex resume` exiting 1 and terminal
probe escape output)
- `just fix -p codex-tui`
- `just argument-comment-lint`
- `cargo insta pending-snapshots`
- `git diff --check`
## Why
Returning from a `/side` conversation restores the parent thread by
replaying its snapshot into the TUI. For very long parent threads,
replaying every transcript row can take noticeable time even though most
rows immediately scroll out of terminal history.
## What Changed
- Buffer thread-switch replay for parent restores when terminal resize
reflow is enabled.
- Reuse the existing resize-reflow tail renderer so only the retained
transcript tail is written back to scrollback when a row cap is
configured.
This PR adds marketplace upgrade to the `/plugins` menu so users can
update configured marketplaces. It adds a `Ctrl+U` shortcut on eligible
marketplace tabs, a loading state, and the app-server request flow
needed to perform `marketplace/upgrade`. After a successful upgrade, the
TUI refreshes plugin data, plugin mentions, and user config so updated
marketplace contents show up across the menu and other plugin surfaces.
It also preserves the current marketplace tab on no-op and failure paths
and surfaces backend error details directly in the TUI.
- Add a `Ctrl+U` upgrade option for user-configured marketplace tabs in
`/plugins`
- Show the upgrade footer hint only on upgradeable marketplace tabs
- Show a loading state during `marketplace/upgrade`
- Surface already-up-to-date and per-marketplace failure results from
the backend
- Refresh plugin data, plugin mentions, and user config after successful
upgrades
- Add tests and snapshot updates for the shortcut flow, loading state,
and failure messaging
Steps to test:
1. Add a `/plugin` marketplace to Codex TUI.
2. Open `/plugins`, move to that marketplace tab, and confirm the footer
shows `Ctrl+U` to upgrade.
3. Press `Ctrl+U` and confirm the popup switches into an upgrade loading
state.
4. When the request finishes, confirm you see the expected result:
updated marketplace contents on success, an already-up-to-date message
on no-op, or backend error details on failure. On no-op or failure,
confirm the popup stays on the same marketplace tab.
## Why
Users have shared that the TUI can feel too visually flat because themes
mostly show up in code syntax highlighting. The configurable statusline
is a natural place to make the active theme more visible, while still
letting users keep the existing monotone statusline if they prefer it.
## What Changed
- Added a statusline styling helper that builds the rendered statusline
from `(StatusLineItem, text)` segments, preserving item identity while
keeping the plain text output unchanged.
- Derived foreground accent colors from the active syntax theme by
looking up TextMate scopes through the existing syntax highlighter, with
conservative ANSI fallbacks when a scope does not provide a foreground.
- Tuned theme-derived colors to keep the accents visible without making
the statusline feel overly bright.
- Added `[tui].status_line_use_colors`, defaulting to `true`, plus a
separated `/statusline` toggle so users can enable or disable
theme-derived statusline colors from the setup UI.
- Updated the live statusline and `/statusline` preview to use the same
styled builder, while keeping terminal-title preview text plain.
- Kept statusline separators and active-agent add-ons subdued while
removing blanket dimming from the whole passive statusline.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-tui status_line`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui theme_picker`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui foreground_style_for_scopes`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui`
- `cargo test -p codex-config`
- `cargo test -p codex-core status_line_use_colors`
- `cargo insta pending-snapshots --manifest-path tui/Cargo.toml`
## Visual
<img width="369" height="23" alt="Screenshot 2026-04-30 at 6 16 08 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/11d03efb-8e4f-4450-8f4d-00a9659ef4cd"
/>
<img width="385" height="23" alt="Screenshot 2026-04-30 at 6 16 02 PM"
src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a3d89f36-bdc1-42e8-8e84-61350e3999e2"
/>
## Why
`hooks/list` and `hooks/config/write` give us read/write access to hooks
and their state. This hooks up the TUI as a client so users can inspect
and manage that state directly.
## What
- add a two-page `/hooks` browser in the TUI: an event overview with
installed/active counts, followed by a per-event handler page with
toggle controls and detail rendering
- thread managed-state metadata through hook discovery and `hooks/list`
so the UI can label admin-managed hooks and suppress toggles for them
- persist hook toggles through the existing config-write path and add
snapshot coverage for the event list, handler list, managed-hook, and
empty states
## Stack
1. openai/codex#19705
2. openai/codex#19778
3. openai/codex#19840
4. This PR - openai/codex#19882
## Reviewer Notes
- Main UI logic is in
`codex-rs/tui/src/bottom_pane/hooks_browser_view.rs`; most of the diff
is the new view plus its snapshot coverage
- Request / write plumbing for opening the browser and persisting
toggles is in `codex-rs/tui/src/app/background_requests.rs` and
`codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget/hooks.rs`
- Outside the TUI, the only behavioral change in this PR is threading
`is_managed` through hook discovery and `hooks/list` so managed hooks
render as non-toggleable
- The `codex-rs/tui/src/status/snapshots/` churn is unrelated merge
fallout from the stacked base branch's newer permission-label rendering
---------
Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
## Why
With the local model layer and app-server routing in place from PR1,
this PR moves the active TUI runtime onto app-server notifications. The
affected pieces share the same event flow, so the command surface,
session state, bottom-pane prompts, chat rendering, history/status
views, and tests move together to keep the stacked branch buildable.
This PR also removes the obsolete compatibility surface that is no
longer used after the migration. The proposed protocol-boundary verifier
layer was dropped from the stack; enforcing that final boundary will be
simpler once `codex-tui` no longer needs any `codex_protocol`
references.
This PR is part 2 of a 2-PR stack:
1. Add TUI-owned replacement models and extract app-server event
routing.
2. Move the active TUI flow to app-server notifications and delete
obsolete adapter code.
## What changed
- Rewired app command and session handling to use app-server request and
notification shapes.
- Moved approval overlays, request-user-input flows, MCP elicitation,
realtime events, and review commands onto the app-server-facing model
surface.
- Updated chat rendering, history cells, status views, multi-agent UI,
replay state, and TUI tests to use app-server notifications plus the
local models introduced in PR1.
- Deleted `codex-rs/tui/src/app/app_server_adapter.rs` and the
superseded `chatwidget/tests/background_events.rs` fixture path.
## Verification
- `cargo check -p codex-tui --tests`
- Top of stack: `cargo test -p codex-tui`
This PR adds marketplace removal to the /plugins menu, giving users a
way to remove user-configured plugin marketplaces. It adds a `Ctrl+R`
shortcut to remove selected marketplace tabs, a confirmation prompt,
loading and error states, and the app-server request flow needed to
perform marketplace/remove. After a successful removal, the TUI
refreshes config, plugin mentions, user config, and plugin data so the
removed marketplace disappears from the menu and other surfaces in the
TUI.
- Add `Ctrl+R` removal option for user-configured marketplace tabs
- Show marketplace removal confirmation, loading, and error states
- Route `marketplace/remove` through the TUI background request flow
- Refresh config, plugin mentions, and plugin data after successful
removal
- Adds reusable per-tab footer hints so removal guidance only appears on
applicable tabs
- Add test coverage for `Ctrl+R` behavior while plugin search is active
Steps to test:
- Add a marketplace using the TUI /plugins menu
- Use Ctrl+R to remove the marketplace
- Accept the confirmation prompt
- Confirm the marketplace is removed when the process completes.
## Why
This is part 3 of a 7-PR stack to remove direct
`codex_protocol::protocol` usage from `codex-tui` while keeping each
layer reviewable and shippable.
With `AppCommand` now explicit, the internal app event bus can carry TUI
commands directly instead of bouncing through core `Op` values.
## What changed
- Changed `AppEvent::CodexOp` and `AppEvent::SubmitThreadOp` to carry
`AppCommand`.
- Updated app-event senders and direct emitters to submit `AppCommand`
values.
- Adjusted tests to match `AppCommand` or convert back through
`into_core()` where they intentionally assert legacy payload equality.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-tui --no-run`
This PR adds a new feature to the `/plugins` menu that gives users the
ability to add new plugin marketplaces. It introduces an Add Marketplace
tab to the right of installed marketplaces, a source prompt, loading and
error states, and the app-server request flow needed to perform the
install. After a successful `marketplace/add`, the popup refreshes back
into the newly added marketplace tab so the new plugins are immediately
visible.
- Add an Add Marketplace tab to the `/plugins` menu
- Prompt for marketplace source input from git repo, URL, or local path
- Show loading and error states during `marketplace/add`
- Refresh plugin data after success and switch into the newly added
marketplace tab
- Add tests and snapshot updates
## Why
The TUI currently handles keyboard shortcuts as hard-coded event matches
spread across app, composer, pager, list, approval, and navigation code.
That makes shortcuts hard to customize, makes displayed hints easy to
drift from actual behavior, and makes future keymap work riskier because
there is no central action inventory.
This PR adds the foundation for configurable, action-based keymaps
without adding the interactive remapping UI yet. Onboarding
intentionally stays on fixed startup shortcuts because users cannot
reasonably configure keymaps before completing onboarding.
This is PR1 in the keymap stack:
- PR1: #18593: configurable keymap foundation
- PR2: #18594: `/keymap` picker and guided remapping UI
- PR3: #18595: Vim composer mode and the remap option
## Design Notes
The new model resolves named actions into concrete runtime bindings once
from config, then passes those bindings to the UI surfaces that handle
input or render shortcut hints.
The main concepts are:
- **Context**: a scope where an action is active, such as `global`,
`chat`, `composer`, `editor`, `pager`, `list`, or `approval`.
- **Action**: a named operation inside a context, such as
`global.open_transcript`, `composer.submit`, or `pager.close`.
- **Binding**: one or more single-key shortcuts assigned to an action,
written as config strings such as `ctrl-t`, `alt-backspace`, or
`page-down`. Multi-step sequences such as `ctrl-x ctrl-s`, `g g`, or
leader-key flows are not part of this PR.
- **Resolution order**: context-specific config wins first, supported
global fallbacks come next, and built-in defaults fill in anything
unset.
- **Explicit unbinding**: an empty array removes an action binding in
that scope and does not fall through to a fallback binding.
- **Conflict validation**: a resolved keymap rejects duplicate active
bindings inside the same scope so one keypress cannot dispatch two
actions.
## What Changed
- Added `TuiKeymap` config support under `[tui.keymap]`, including typed
contexts/actions, key alias normalization, generated schema coverage,
and user-facing config errors.
- Added `RuntimeKeymap` resolution in `codex-rs/tui/src/keymap.rs`,
including fallback precedence, built-in defaults, explicit unbinding,
and per-context conflict validation.
- Rewired existing TUI handlers to consume resolved keymap actions
instead of directly matching hard-coded keys in each component.
- Updated key hint rendering and footer/pager/list surfaces so displayed
shortcuts follow the resolved keymap.
- Kept onboarding shortcuts fixed in
`codex-rs/tui/src/onboarding/keys.rs` instead of exposing them through
`[tui.keymap]`.
## Validation
The branch includes focused coverage for config parsing, key
normalization, runtime fallback resolution, explicit unbinding,
duplicate-key conflict validation, default keymap consistency,
onboarding startup key behavior, and UI hint snapshots affected by
resolved key bindings.
## Why
Auto-review can deny an action that the user later decides they want to
retry. Today there is no TUI surface for selecting a recent denial and
sending explicit approval context back into the session, so users have
to restate intent manually and the retry can be reviewed without the
original denied action context.
This adds a narrow TUI-driven path for approving a recent denied action
while still keeping the retry inside the normal auto-review flow.
## What Changed
- Added `/auto-review-denials` to open a picker of recent denied
auto-review actions.
- Added a small in-memory TUI store for the 10 most recent denied
auto-review events.
- Selecting a denial sends the structured denied event back through the
existing core/app-server op path.
- Core now injects a developer message containing the approved action
JSON rather than the full assessment event.
- Auto-review transcript collection now preserves this specific approval
developer message so follow-up review sessions can see the user approval
context.
- Added TUI snapshot/unit coverage for the picker and approval dispatch
path.
- Added core coverage for retaining the approval developer message in
the auto-review transcript.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-core
collect_guardian_transcript_entries_keeps_manual_approval_developer_message`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui auto_review_denials`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui
approving_recent_denial_emits_structured_core_op_once`
## Notes
This intentionally keeps retries going through auto-review. The approval
signal is context for the exact previously denied action, not a blanket
bypass for similar future actions.
## Why
The remaining migration work still needs `SandboxPolicy` at a few
compatibility boundaries, but those projections should come from one
canonical path. Keeping ad hoc legacy projections scattered through
app-server, CLI, and config code makes it easy for behavior to drift as
`PermissionProfile` gains fidelity that the legacy enum cannot
represent.
## What Changed
- Adds `Permissions::legacy_sandbox_policy(cwd)` and
`Config::legacy_sandbox_policy()` as the compatibility projection from
the canonical `PermissionProfile`.
- Adds `Permissions::can_set_legacy_sandbox_policy()` so legacy inputs
are checked after they are converted into profile semantics.
- Updates app-server command handling, Windows sandbox setup, session
configuration, and sandbox summaries to use the centralized projection
helper.
- Leaves `SandboxPolicy` in place only for boundary inputs/outputs that
still speak the legacy abstraction.
## Verification
- `cargo check -p codex-config -p codex-core -p codex-sandboxing -p
codex-app-server -p codex-cli -p codex-tui`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui
permissions_selection_history_snapshot_full_access_to_default --
--nocapture`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui
permissions_selection_sends_approvals_reviewer_in_override_turn_context
-- --nocapture`
- `bazel test //codex-rs/tui:tui-unit-tests-bin
--test_arg=permissions_selection_history_snapshot_full_access_to_default
--test_output=errors`
- `bazel test //codex-rs/tui:tui-unit-tests-bin
--test_arg=permissions_selection_sends_approvals_reviewer_in_override_turn_context
--test_output=errors`
---
[//]: # (BEGIN SAPLING FOOTER)
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* #19737
* #19736
* #19735
* __->__ #19734
Fixes multiple scrollback and terminal resize issues: #5538, #5576,
#8352, #12223, #16165, and #15380.
## Why
Codex writes finalized transcript output into terminal scrollback after
wrapping it for the current viewport width. A later terminal resize
could leave that scrollback shaped for the old width, so wider windows
kept narrow output and narrower windows could show stale wrapping
artifacts until enough new output replaced the visible area.
This is also the foundation PR for responsive markdown tables. Table
rendering needs finalized transcript content to be width-sensitive after
insertion, not only while content is first streaming. Markdown table
rendering itself stays in #18576.
## Stack
- PR1: resize backlog reflow and interrupt cleanup
- #18576: markdown table support
## What Changed
- Rebuild source-backed transcript history when the terminal width
changes. `terminal_resize_reflow` is introduced through the experimental
feature system, but is enabled by default for this rollout so we can
validate behavior across real terminals.
- Preserve assistant and plan stream source so finalized streaming
output can participate in resize reflow after consolidation.
- Debounce resize work, but force a final source-backed reflow when a
resize happened during active or unconsolidated streaming output.
- Clear stale pending history lines on resize so old-width wrapped
output is not emitted just before rebuilt scrollback.
- Bound replay work with `[tui.terminal_resize_reflow].max_rows`:
omitted uses terminal-specific defaults, `0` keeps all rendered rows,
and a positive value sets an explicit cap. The cap applies both while
initially replaying a resumed transcript into scrollback and when
rebuilding scrollback after terminal resize.
- Consolidate interrupted assistant streams before cleanup, then clear
pending stream output and active-tail state consistently.
- Move resize reflow and thread event buffering helpers out of `app.rs`
into dedicated TUI modules.
- Add focused coverage for resize reflow, feature-gated behavior,
streaming source preservation, interrupted output cleanup,
unicode-neutral text, terminal-specific row caps, and composer/layout
stability.
## Runtime Bounds
Resize reflow keeps only the most recent rendered rows when a row cap is
active. The default is `auto`, which maps to the detected terminal's
default scrollback size where Codex can identify it: VS Code `1000`,
Windows Terminal `9001`, WezTerm `3500`, and Alacritty `10000`.
Terminals without a dedicated mapping use the conservative fallback of
`1000` rows. Users can override this with `[tui.terminal_resize_reflow]
max_rows = N`, or set `max_rows = 0` to disable row limiting.
## Validation
- `just fmt`
- `git diff --check`
- `cargo test --manifest-path codex-rs/Cargo.toml -p codex-tui reflow`
- `cargo test --manifest-path codex-rs/Cargo.toml -p codex-tui
transcript_reflow`
- `just fix -p codex-tui`
- PR CI in progress on the squashed branch
Adds the TUI user experience for goals on top of the core runtime from
PR 4.
## Why
Users need a direct TUI control surface for long-running goals. The UI
should make the current goal visible, support common goal actions
without waiting for a model turn, and avoid confusing end-of-turn
notifications while an active goal is immediately continuing.
## What changed
- Added `/goal` summary rendering for the current goal, including
active, paused, budget-limited, and complete states.
- Added `/goal <objective>` creation/replacement through the app-server
goal API rather than a model prompt.
- Added `/goal clear`, `/goal pause`, and `/goal unpause` command
variants.
- Added a confirmation menu when the user enters a new goal while
another goal already exists.
- Updated `/goal` help and summary tip text so it reflects the supported
command variants without advertising slash-command token budgets.
- Added footer/statusline goal indicators, including elapsed time and
token budget display when a budget exists from API/tool-created goals.
- Consumes goal updated/cleared notifications so the TUI stays in sync
with external app-server changes.
- Suppresses end-of-turn desktop notifications only when a goal is still
active and follow-up work is expected.
- Preserves slash-command history behavior and avoids leaking queued
`/goal` state into unrelated submissions.
## Verification
- Added TUI unit and snapshot coverage for goal command availability,
summary rendering, control commands, replacement menu behavior,
status/footer display, notification handling, and command history.
Addresses #11267
## Summary
`/review` can be interrupted while it is still spawning the review
sub-agent. That spawn path lives in `codex-core` and did not observe the
task cancellation token until after `Codex::spawn` returned, so an
interrupted review could keep building a child session and leave the TUI
in a wedged state.
The TUI exit path also waited indefinitely for app-server
`thread/unsubscribe`, which made Ctrl+C look broken if the app-server
was already stuck. This makes interactive delegate startup
cancellation-aware and bounds the TUI shutdown-first unsubscribe wait
with a short UI escape-hatch timeout.
## Testing
I reproed the hang using the steps in the bug report. Confirmed hang no
longer exists after fix.
Addresses #18854
## Why
The `/permissions` selector updates the active TUI session state, but
the cached session snapshot used when replaying a thread could still
contain the old approval or sandbox settings. After opening and leaving
`/side`, the main thread replay could restore those stale settings into
the `ChatWidget`, so the UI and the next submitted turn could fall back
to the old permission mode.
## What
- Sync the active thread's cached `ThreadSessionState` whenever approval
policy, sandbox policy, or approval reviewer changes.
## Verification
Confirmed bug prior to fix and correct behavior after fix.
## Why
Enterprise and business-like ChatGPT plans should get Codex's Fast
service tier by default when the user or caller has not made an explicit
service-tier choice. At the same time, callers need a durable way to
choose standard routing without adding a new persisted `standard`
service tier value. This keeps existing config compatibility while
letting core own the managed default policy.
## What changed
- Resolve the effective service tier in core at session creation:
explicit `fast` or `flex` wins, explicit null/clear or
`[notice].fast_default_opt_out = true` resolves to standard routing, and
otherwise eligible ChatGPT plans resolve to Fast when FastMode is
enabled.
- Add `[notice].fast_default_opt_out` as the persisted opt-out marker
for managed Fast defaults.
- Treat app-server/TUI `service_tier: null` as an explicit
standard/clear choice by preserving that intent through config loading.
- Update TUI rendering to use core's effective service tier for startup
and status surfaces while still keeping `config.service_tier` as the
explicit configured choice.
- Update `/fast off` to clear `service_tier`, persist the opt-out
marker, and send explicit standard for subsequent turns.
## Verification
- Added unit coverage for config override/notice handling, service-tier
resolution, runtime null clearing, and `/fast off` turn propagation.
- `cargo build -p codex-cli`
Full test suite was not run locally per author request.
## Why
The TUI app module had grown past the 512K source-file cap enforced by
CI/CD. This keeps the app entry point below that limit while preserving
the existing runtime behavior and test surface.
## What changed
- Kept the top-level `App` state and run-loop wiring in
`tui/src/app.rs`.
- Split app responsibilities into focused private submodules under
`tui/src/app/`, covering event dispatch, thread routing, session
lifecycle, config persistence, background requests, startup prompts,
input, history UI, platform actions, and thread event buffering.
- Moved the existing app-level tests into `tui/src/app/tests.rs` and
reused the existing snapshot location rather than adding new tests or
snapshots.
- Added module header comments for `app.rs` and the new submodules.
## Follow-up
A future cleanup can move narrow unit tests from `tui/src/app/tests.rs`
into the specific app submodules they exercise. This PR keeps the
existing app-level tests together so the refactor stays focused on the
source-file split.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-tui --lib
app::tests::agent_picker_item_name_snapshot`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui --lib app::tests::clear_ui`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui --lib
app::tests::ctrl_l_clear_ui_after_long_transcript_reuses_clear_header_snapshot`
- `just fix -p codex-tui`
Full `cargo test -p codex-tui` still fails on model-catalog drift
unrelated to this refactor, including stale
`gpt-5.3-codex`/`gpt-5.1-codex` snapshot and migration expectations now
resolving to `gpt-5.4`.
Felipe Coury ·
Eric Traut ·
canvrno-oai ·
Abhinav ·
Michael Bolin ·
Won Park ·
Shijie Rao ·