OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.61.0

OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.61.0 was released on November 20, 2025.

Summary

Highlights - ExecPolicy2 integration and exec-server prep: core now integrates ExecPolicy2 with exec-server refactors and cutover groundwork, plus quickstart docs to help teams adopt the new policy...

Release Context

This was the 56th OpenAI Codex CLI release of 2025 tracked by Havoptic.
It shipped 1 day after OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.60.1 (November 19, 2025).

Shipped around the same time

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Release Notes

Highlights

ExecPolicy2 integration and exec-server prep: core now integrates ExecPolicy2 with exec-server refactors and cutover groundwork, plus quickstart docs to help teams adopt the new policy engine.
Improved truncation and error reporting: single-pass truncation reduces duplicate work, and error events can now carry optional status codes for clearer observability.
Shell reliability and sandbox warnings: fallback shell selection is hardened and world-writable directory warnings are less noisy, including improved messaging on Windows.
UX fixes: corrected reasoning display, preserved review footer context after `/review`, and the model migration screen now shows only once.

PRs Merged

fix(app-server) move windows world writable warning (#6916) — @dylan-hurd-oai
[core] add optional status_code to error events (#6865) — @celia-oai
fix: prepare ExecPolicy in exec-server for execpolicy2 cutover (#6888) — @bolinfest
stop over-reporting world-writable directories (#6936) — @iceweasel-oai
fix(context left after review): review footer context after `/review` (#5610) — @guidedways
Fix/correct reasoning display (#6749) — @lionelchg
chore: refactor exec-server to prepare it for standalone MCP use (#6944) — @bolinfest
fix(shell) fallback shells (#6948) — @dylan-hurd-oai
execpolicy2 core integration (#6641) — @zhao-oai
Single pass truncation (#6914) — @pakrym-oai
update execpolicy quickstart readme (#6952) — @zhao-oai
stop model migration screen after first time. (#6954) — @aibrahim-oai

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