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Codex CLI 0.146.0: thread forking, plugin manifests, and OpenAI-hosted release distribution

Stable Codex CLI release adding named and pinned sessions, forkable threads with paginated history, Agent Plugins manifests with extra marketplaces, and remote Code Mode over WebSocket. It also moves release artifacts and installer aliases to OpenAI-hosted infrastructure with a GitHub fallback, and lands a large sweep of proxy and MCP connection fixes.

PUBLISHED2026-07-29
OBSERVED2026-08-11
AGE13d
SOURCES1
  • Sessions: name threads via /new or /clear, pin threads, keep side conversations open, switch between them.
  • Thread forking with paginated inherited history, including temporary forks hidden from thread listings.
  • Agent Plugins: manifest support, workspace plugin publishing, additional marketplaces (Amazon Bedrock, Claude Code).
  • app-server can connect to remote Code Mode hosts over WebSocket.
  • Standalone web search enabled for compatible custom model providers.
  • Skills: discover executor-provided skills, read their resources, reciprocal-rank-fusion and lexical skill selection; retains more skills under tight context budgets and warns when catalogs are truncated.
  • Proxies honored across auth, plugin downloads, MCP authorization, remote execution, WebSockets, redirects, and LM Studio; redirects re-resolve system proxy routes; CARGO_HTTP_CAINFO honored.
  • MCP: connections and Apps tools refresh on auth/config change, closed servers reconnect without restarting healthy ones, calls bound to captured catalog revisions.
  • State preservation across interruptions, replay, imports and forks: submitted messages, final responses, failed-turn errors, imported timestamps, approval settings.
  • TUI: nonblocking interrupts, keyboard handling, narrow layouts, hyperlinks, refreshed mention results; Windows navigation keys fixed.
  • Sandbox: process trees terminate reliably; missing paths skipped in filesystem sandbox entries; proxy settings preserved during security reviews.
  • Distribution: artifacts and channel metadata mirrored to Cloudflare R2, optional releases.openai.com installer source, GitHub fallback retained; bundled macOS helper executables signed and notarized.
  • Enterprise-plan recognition and administrator controls for in-app updates.
  • Docs: shared HTTP-client usage, proxy-aware connection pooling, Windows drive-letter canonicalization for PathUri.
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