## Summary Side conversations can hide important state changes from the parent conversation while the user is focused on the side thread. In particular, the parent may finish, fail, need user input, or require an approval while the side conversation remains visible. Users need a lightweight signal for those states, but parent approval overlays should not interrupt the side conversation itself. This change adds parent-conversation status to the side conversation context label and defers parent interactive overlays while side mode is active. When the user exits side mode, pending parent approvals and input requests are restored in the main thread. The pending approval footer avoids duplicating the same parent approval status, and replayed notice cells are filtered when restoring a pending interactive request so tips or warnings do not crowd out the approval prompt. The change is contained to the TUI side-conversation and thread replay paths. Example 1: Approval pending <img width="752" height="35" alt="Screenshot 2026-04-19 at 12 56 07 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1cc0f1a3-9cab-4d60-aed2-96523ccafc20" /> Example 2: Turn complete <img width="754" height="35" alt="Screenshot 2026-04-19 at 12 56 27 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/653521a5-e298-4366-ae1c-72b56eb88eeb" />
npm i -g @openai/codex
or brew install --cask codex
Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer.
If you want Codex in your code editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf), install in your IDE.
If you want the desktop app experience, run
codex app or visit the Codex App page.
If you are looking for the cloud-based agent from OpenAI, Codex Web, go to chatgpt.com/codex.
Quickstart
Installing and running Codex CLI
Install globally with your preferred package manager:
# Install using npm
npm install -g @openai/codex
# Install using Homebrew
brew install --cask codex
Then simply run codex to get started.
You can also go to the latest GitHub Release and download the appropriate binary for your platform.
Each GitHub Release contains many executables, but in practice, you likely want one of these:
- macOS
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
codex-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz - x86_64 (older Mac hardware):
codex-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
- Linux
- x86_64:
codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz - arm64:
codex-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
- x86_64:
Each archive contains a single entry with the platform baked into the name (e.g., codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl), so you likely want to rename it to codex after extracting it.
Using Codex with your ChatGPT plan
Run codex and select Sign in with ChatGPT. We recommend signing into your ChatGPT account to use Codex as part of your Plus, Pro, Business, Edu, or Enterprise plan. Learn more about what's included in your ChatGPT plan.
You can also use Codex with an API key, but this requires additional setup.
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