OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.56.0

OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.56.0 was released on .

Summary

Highlights - Introducing our new model GPT-5-Codex-Mini — a more compact and cost-efficient version of GPT-5-Codex

Release Context

  • This was the 51st OpenAI Codex CLI release of 2025 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 3 days after OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.55.0 (November 4, 2025).

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