OpenAI Codex CLI v0.152.0 Changelog

This update makes the command-line tool more customizable and much harder to break. It matters most to developers who use this tool daily, especially those who type a lot of code, because it adds popular text-editing shortcuts and fixes several frustrating glitches.

What's new

• Vim search: If you use the "Vim" text editor style, you can now search through your drafts using the / and ? keys, jump through the matches, and see them highlighted.
• Usage warnings: When you hit a rate limit (a cap on how much you can use the app), a new banner pops up with quick buttons to check your usage, add credits, or upgrade your plan.
• Login progress: The screen now shows a progress bar when the app is refreshing your login credentials, like when reconnecting to Amazon Bedrock (a cloud AI service).
• Better tool names: External add-on tools (called MCP servers) can now use package-style names with colons, slashes, and dots, making them easier to organize.
• Tool limits: You can now set a strict limit on how much text an individual tool is allowed to spit out, which keeps things from getting too long.
• Custom timeouts: Background commands can now wait for a response for over an hour before timing out.

Improvements

• The built-in planning tool is now turned off by default to keep things simple. You can turn it back on in the settings if you need it.
• The app starts loading recommended add-ons the second you open it, which cuts down on the waiting time before you can start typing.

Fixes

• Vim mode glitch: When using Vim mode, starting a new message used to put you in the wrong typing mode. It now correctly starts in "Insert" mode.
• Memory loss: When the app compressed old chat history to save space, it used to forget your past instructions, answers, and permissions. It now remembers them.
• Lost settings: If you restarted an old chat, it sometimes forgot which folder you were working in. It now correctly remembers your working directory.
• Screen freezing: Fixed a bug where the app would freeze when asking for terminal input, and fixed weird cursor glitches on older terminal emulators.
• Windows bugs: Fixed an issue that stopped the app's security sandbox from running correctly with the Windows Store version of PowerShell.
• Security: Cloud tasks now block untrusted web links to prevent bad actors from stealing your saved login details.

Breaking changes

No breaking changes in this release.