OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.45.0
OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.45.0 was released on .
Summary
Breaking changes codex login --api-key was replaced with codex login --with-api-key that reads the key from stdin to improve security.
Release Context
- This was the 41st OpenAI Codex CLI release of 2025 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 3 days after OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.44.0 (October 3, 2025).
Shipped around the same time
Within 3 days of this release, other AI coding tools also shipped:
- Gemini CLI v0.9.0-preview.1 (October 9, 2025)
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- Claude Code v2.0.13 (October 9, 2025)
- Claude Code v2.0.12 (October 9, 2025)
- GitHub Copilot CLI v0.0.337 (October 8, 2025)
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- rust-v0.144.2 (July 13, 2026)
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