## Why
The TUI currently creates a shared plaintext `codex-tui.log` under the
default log directory. That append-only file can keep growing across
runs even though the TUI already records diagnostics in bounded local
stores.
Make the plaintext file log an explicit troubleshooting choice instead
of a default side effect.
This is possible because logs are also stored in the DB with proper
rotation
## What changed
- Only install the TUI file logging layer when `log_dir` is explicitly
set.
- Remove the prior `codex-tui.log` at startup before an opt-in file
layer is created.
- Clarify the `log_dir` config/schema text and `docs/install.md` example
so users opt in with `codex -c log_dir=...` when they need a plaintext
log.
## Why
The TUI still had a few low-risk dependencies flowing through the
transitional `legacy_core` namespace after the app-server migration.
These helpers either already have clearer non-core owners or are
presentation logic that does not belong in `codex-core`, so moving them
out reduces the compatibility surface without changing product behavior.
## What changed
This is a low-risk change, almost completely mechanical in nature.
- Route TUI Codex-home lookup through `codex-utils-home-dir`, use
`Config::log_dir` directly, and call
`codex-sandboxing::system_bwrap_warning` without going through
`legacy_core`.
- Move shared `codex resume` hint formatting from `codex-core` into
`codex-utils-cli`.
- Update CLI and TUI call sites to use the shared CLI utility, and keep
the resume-command behavior covered by tests in its new home.
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-utils-cli`
- `cargo test -p codex-utils-cli resume_command`
## Why
The Codex App has animated pets, but the TUI had no equivalent ambient
companion surface. This brings that experience into terminal Codex while
keeping the main chat flow usable: the pet should feel present, but it
cannot cover transcript text, composer input, approvals, or picker
content.
The feature also needs to be terminal-aware. Different terminals support
different image protocols, tmux can interfere with image rendering, and
some users will want pets disabled entirely or anchored differently
depending on their layout.
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<p align="center">macOS - Ghostty, iTerm2 and WezTerm with Custom
Pet</p>
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<p align="center">Linux - WezTerm and Ghostty</p>
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</table>
## What Changed
- Add a TUI ambient pet renderer in `codex-rs/tui/src/pets/`.
- Port the app-style pet animation states so the sprite changes with
task status, waiting-for-input states, review/ready states, and
failures.
- Add `/pets` selection UI with a preview pane, loading state, built-in
pet choices, and a first-row `Disable terminal pets` option.
- Download built-in pet spritesheets on demand from the same public CDN
path already used by Android, under
`https://persistent.oaistatic.com/codex/pets/v1/...`, and cache them
locally under `~/.codex/cache/tui-pets/`.
- Keep custom pets local.
- Add config support for pet selection, disabling pets, and choosing
whether the pet follows the composer bottom or anchors to the terminal
bottom.
- Reserve layout space around the pet so transcript wrapping, live
responses, and composer input do not render underneath the sprite.
- Gate image rendering by terminal capability, disable image pets under
tmux, and support both Kitty Graphics and SIXEL terminals.
- Add redraw cleanup for terminal image artifacts, including sixel cell
clearing.
## Current Scope
- This is an initial TUI version of ambient pets, not full App parity.
- It focuses on ambient sprite rendering, `/pets` selection, custom
pets, terminal capability gating, and on-demand CDN-backed built-in
assets.
- The ambient text overlay is currently disabled, so the TUI renders the
pet sprite without extra status text beside it.
## How to Test
1. Start Codex TUI in a terminal with image support.
2. Run `/pets`.
3. Confirm the picker shows built-in pets plus custom pets, and the
first item is `Disable terminal pets`.
4. On a fresh `~/.codex/cache/tui-pets/`, move onto a built-in pet and
confirm the first preview downloads the spritesheet from the shared
Codex pets CDN and renders successfully.
5. Move through the pet list and confirm subsequent built-in previews
use the local cache.
6. Select a pet, then send and receive messages. Confirm transcript and
composer text wrap before the pet instead of rendering underneath the
sprite.
7. Change the pet anchor setting and confirm the pet can either follow
the composer bottom or sit at the terminal bottom.
8. Return to `/pets`, choose `Disable terminal pets`, and confirm the
sprite disappears cleanly.
Targeted tests:
- `cargo test -p codex-tui ambient_pet_`
- `cargo test -p codex-tui
resize_reflow_wraps_transcript_early_when_pet_is_enabled`
- `cargo insta pending-snapshots`
Problem: The TUI still depended on `codex-core` directly in a number of
places, and we had no enforcement from keeping this problem from getting
worse.
Solution: Route TUI core access through
`codex-app-server-client::legacy_core`, add CI enforcement for that
boundary, and re-export this legacy bridge inside the TUI as
`crate::legacy_core` so the remaining call sites stay readable. There is
no functional change in this PR — just changes to import targets.
Over time, we can whittle away at the remaining symbols in this legacy
namespace with the eventual goal of removing them all. In the meantime,
this linter rule will prevent us from inadvertently importing new
symbols from core.
This is a follow-up to https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/15922. That
previous PR deleted the old `tui` directory and left the new
`tui_app_server` directory in place. This PR renames `tui_app_server` to
`tui` and fixes up all references.
This is the part 1 of 2 PRs that will delete the `tui` /
`tui_app_server` split. This part simply deletes the existing `tui`
directory and marks the `tui_app_server` feature flag as removed. I left
the `tui_app_server` feature flag in place for now so its presence
doesn't result in an error. It is simply ignored.
Part 2 will rename the `tui_app_server` directory `tui`. I did this as
two parts to reduce visible code churn.
## Why
`codex-rs/core/src/lib.rs` re-exported a broad set of types and modules
from `codex-protocol` and `codex-shell-command`. That made it easy for
workspace crates to import those APIs through `codex-core`, which in
turn hides dependency edges and makes it harder to reduce compile-time
coupling over time.
This change removes those public re-exports so call sites must import
from the source crates directly. Even when a crate still depends on
`codex-core` today, this makes dependency boundaries explicit and
unblocks future work to drop `codex-core` dependencies where possible.
## What Changed
- Removed public re-exports from `codex-rs/core/src/lib.rs` for:
- `codex_protocol::protocol` and related protocol/model types (including
`InitialHistory`)
- `codex_protocol::config_types` (`protocol_config_types`)
- `codex_shell_command::{bash, is_dangerous_command, is_safe_command,
parse_command, powershell}`
- Migrated workspace Rust call sites to import directly from:
- `codex_protocol::protocol`
- `codex_protocol::config_types`
- `codex_protocol::models`
- `codex_shell_command`
- Added explicit `Cargo.toml` dependencies (`codex-protocol` /
`codex-shell-command`) in crates that now import those crates directly.
- Kept `codex-core` internal modules compiling by using `pub(crate)`
aliases in `core/src/lib.rs` (internal-only, not part of the public
API).
- Updated the two utility crates that can already drop a `codex-core`
dependency edge entirely:
- `codex-utils-approval-presets`
- `codex-utils-cli`
## Verification
- `cargo test -p codex-utils-approval-presets`
- `cargo test -p codex-utils-cli`
- `cargo check --workspace --all-targets`
- `just clippy`
This commit removes the `once_cell` dependency from `Cargo.toml` files
in the `codex-rs` and `apply-patch` directories, replacing its usage
with `std::sync::LazyLock` and `std::sync::OnceLock` where applicable.
This change simplifies the dependency tree and utilizes standard library
features for lazy initialization.
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this is in preparation for adding more separate "modes" to the tui, in
particular, a "transcript mode" to view a full history once #2316 lands.
1. split apart "tui events" from "app events".
2. remove onboarding-related events from AppEvent.
3. move several general drawing tools out of App and into a new Tui
class
Wait for newlines, then render markdown on a line by line basis. Word wrap it for the current terminal size and then spit it out line by line into the UI. Also adds tests and fixes some UI regressions.
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