## Why Windows Credential Manager limits generic credential blobs to 2,560 bytes. Large serialized ChatGPT auth payloads can exceed that limit, so keyring-mode CLI auth needs a backend that keeps only the encryption key in the OS keyring and stores the payload in Codex's encrypted local-secrets file. This is the third PR in the encrypted-auth stack: 1. #27504 — feature and config selection 2. #27535 — auth-specific local-secrets namespaces 3. This PR — CLI auth implementation and activation 4. MCP OAuth implementation and activation ## What Changed - Added encrypted CLI-auth storage using the `CliAuth` secrets namespace. - Preserved direct keyring storage for platforms/configurations where it remains selected. - Selected the backend consistently for login, logout, refresh, device-code login, auth loading, and login restrictions. - Threaded resolved bootstrap/full config through CLI, exec, TUI, app-server account handling, cloud config, and cloud tasks. - Removed stale `auth.json` fallback data after successful encrypted saves and removed encrypted, direct-keyring, and fallback data during logout. - Added storage and integration coverage for both direct and encrypted keyring modes. MCP OAuth persistence is intentionally left to the next PR. ## Validation - `just test -p codex-login` — 131 passed - `just test -p codex-cli` — 280 passed - `just test -p codex-app-server v2::account` — 25 passed - `just test -p codex-cloud-config service` — 21 passed, 7 skipped - `just fix -p codex-login` - `just fix -p codex-cli` - `just fmt`
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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This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.
