## What Introduce a `CodexResponsesMetadata` struct that defines all the core metadata we send to Responses API. Example fields are `thread_id`, `turn_id`, `window_id`, etc. Going forward, `client_metadata["x-codex-turn-metadata"]` will be the canonical way Codex sends metadata to Responses API across both HTTP and websocket transports. For now, we continue to emit the existing top-level HTTP headers and top-level `client_metadata` fields from the same `CodexResponsesMetadata` struct for compatibility reasons. Also, app-server clients who specify additional `responsesapi_client_metadata` via `turn/start` and `turn/steer` will have those fields merged into `client_metadata["x-codex-turn-metadata"]`, but cannot override the reserved fields that core uses (i.e. the fields in `CodexResponsesMetadata`). ## Why Responses API request instrumentation is the source of truth for downstream Codex analytics that join requests by Codex IDs such as session, thread, turn, and context window. Before this change, those values were assembled through several request-specific paths: HTTP request bodies, websocket handshake headers, websocket `response.create` payloads, compaction requests, and the rich `x-codex-turn-metadata` envelope all had their own wiring. That made metadata propagation easy to drift across API-key/direct Responses API requests, ChatGPT-auth/proxied requests, websocket requests, and compaction requests. It also made additions like `window_id` error-prone because a field could be added to one transport projection but missed in another. ## What changed - Added `CodexResponsesMetadata` as the core-owned snapshot for Codex metadata sent to ResponsesAPI. - Render `client_metadata["x-codex-turn-metadata"]`, flat `client_metadata` projections, and direct compatibility headers from that same snapshot. - Include the known Codex-owned fields in the turn metadata blob, including installation/session/thread/turn/window IDs, request kind, lineage, sandbox/workspace metadata, timing, and compaction details. - Treat app-server `responsesapi_client_metadata` as enrichment for the Codex turn metadata blob while preventing those extras from overriding Codex-owned fields. - Use the same metadata path for normal turns, websocket prewarm, local compaction, remote v1 compaction, and remote v2 compaction. - Keep websocket connection-only preconnect metadata separate so handshakes carry compatibility identity headers without inventing a fake turn metadata blob. ## Verification - `cargo check -p codex-core` - `just fix -p codex-core`
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
Run the following on Mac or Linux to install Codex CLI:
curl -fsSL https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.sh | sh
Run the following on Windows to install Codex CLI:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://chatgpt.com/codex/install.ps1 | iex"
Codex CLI can also be installed via the following package managers:
# 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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