OpenAI Codex CLI v0.137.0 Changelog

This update makes the OpenAI Codex command-line tool (a terminal-based app for coding with AI) much smoother and more reliable. Whether you are a student using it in a school workspace, a developer building teams of AI "agents" to write code, or just someone who loves using the terminal, this release brings better keyboard controls, faster web searches, and a lot of behind-the-scenes stability fixes.

What's new

• Better Terminal Controls: The text-based user interface (TUI) now supports extra keyboard shortcuts (F13 to F24 keys), lets you paste text into search menus, and has a small status indicator to show when the AI is "thinking" (reasoning).
• School and Business Tools: Administrators can now see monthly credit limits directly in the status bar and easily push settings to school (EDU) or work accounts from the cloud.
• Remote Control Pairing: You can now link remote devices to control the app, and easily see or cancel who has access.
• Smarter Multi-Agent Teams: If you use multiple AI agents (specialized AI helpers) to solve a problem, the system now remembers which specific AI settings belong to which chat thread, making teamwork between agents much smoother.
• Parallel Web Searches: The built-in web search tool can now run multiple searches at the exact same time, speeding up how quickly the AI finds information.
• Developer-Friendly Plugin Lists: You can now export your installed plugins as a JSON list (a clean, structured text format that other computer programs can easily read).

Improvements

• Faster Chat History Saving: The app now compresses and saves your old chat history in the background much faster by processing multiple files at once.
• Cleaner Code Structure: The developers cleaned up the app's internal code, separating prompts and tools into their own neat compartments so the main program runs lighter.

Fixes

• No More Lost Drafts: If you cancel a prompt before the AI starts replying, the app will now restore your draft, attachments, and settings so you don't have to retype everything.
• Smoother Startup on Windows and Mac: Fixed several bugs that caused the app to crash or freeze when launching on macOS or setting up databases on Windows.
• UI Cleanup: Fixed a bug where slash-command menus (like typing /) and keyboard shortcut hints at the bottom of the screen wouldn't reset or display correctly.
• Plugin and Permission Fixes: The app now prevents duplicate plugins from installing, handles broken plugin files without crashing, and makes sure security permissions are safely passed to background tasks.
• Safer Chat History: Fixed bugs that caused chat history to glitch when renaming chat titles or opening side chats.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.