OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.71.0

OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.71.0 was released on .

Summary

Highlights - Introducing gpt-5.2 our latest frontier model with improvements across knowledge, reasoning and coding. Learn More

Release Context

  • This was the 62nd OpenAI Codex CLI release of 2025 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 1 day after OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.69.0 (December 10, 2025).

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Release Notes

Highlights

PRs Merged

#7838 Show the default model in model picker @aibrahim-oai

#7833 feat(tui2): copy tui crate and normalize snapshots @joshka-oai

#7509 fix: thread/list returning fewer than the requested amount due to filtering CXA-293 @JaviSoto

#7832 fix: ensure accept_elicitation_for_prompt_rule() test passes locally @bolinfest

#7847 fixing typo in execpolicy docs @zhao-oai

#7831 [app-server] make app server not throw error when login id is not found @celia-oai

#7848 fix: add a hopefully-temporary sleep to reduce test flakiness @bolinfest

#7850 [app-server] Update readme to include mcp endpoints @celia-oai

#7851 fix: remove inaccurate #[allow(dead_code)] marker @bolinfest

#7859 Fixed regression that broke fuzzy matching for slash commands @etraut-openai

#7854 Only show Worked for after the final assistant message @pakrym-oai

#7792 Elevated Sandbox 2 @iceweasel-oai

#7855 fix(stuff) @dylan-hurd-oai

#7870 feat: warning for long snapshots @jif-oai

#7786 feat: add shell snapshot for shell command @jif-oai

#7875 fix: flaky tests 4 @jif-oai

#7882 feat: robin @aibrahim-oai

#7884 Revert “Only show Worked for after the final assistant message” @pakrym-oai

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