Codex
Latest release rust-v0.166.0 on 2026-10-29 · Actively maintained · 15 releases in 90 days
Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal
| Latest release | rust-v0.166.0 on 2026-10-29 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance | Actively maintained — pushed within the last 14 days, with 3 or more releases in 90 days |
| Stars | 132,680 (+291 since yesterday) |
| Releases in 90 days | 15 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-31 |
| Repository | openai/codex |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Open issues | 25,949 |
Codex release notes and changelog
rust-v0.166.0 2026-10-29
What's new
- Added keyboard-driven transcript selection with word, line, and page motions, integrated…
- Rendered Markdown consistently in async questions, choices, answers, and transcript replies
- Added GPT-6.1 Terra to the bundled, Vertex AI, and Amazon Bedrock model catalogs
- Added codex queue --resume to resume unloaded threads after queueing a message
Fixed
- Preserved acknowledged approval and permission settings when resuming or forking threads
- Preserved local image attachments when restoring killed composer text
- Fixed standalone release cleanup on macOS when installations are in use or paths contain…
- Restored spawned descendant threads when unarchiving their parent
Changed
- Switched Bazel to source-built V8 with target-matched Rust bindings and native Windows MSVC…
- Move Guardian approval reason caps into context composition
- Move Guardian tool description preparation into context composition
- Move the V8 Bazel build graph into Codex
rust-v0.166.0-alpha.6 2026-10-29
Release 0.166.0-alpha.6
rust-v0.166.0-alpha.5.1 2026-10-28
Release 0.166.0-alpha.5.1
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- Claude Code · v2.1.316
- Browser Use · 0.13.14
- Pi · v1.4.0
- Gemini CLI · v0.67.0-nightly.20261101.g6814e00d6
Maintenance status is derived from public repository activity — release cadence and commit recency. It is not a review, an endorsement, or a security assessment. Star counts measure attention, not quality.