OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.72.0

OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.72.0 was released on December 13, 2025.

Summary

Highlights - Config API cleanup (7924): new config API and cleaner config loading flow.

Release Notes

Highlights

• Config API cleanup (#7924): new config API and cleaner config loading flow.
• Remote compact for API-key users (#7835): enable remote compacting in key-based sessions.
• MCP and TUI status visibility (#7828, #7907): restore MCP startup progress messages in the TUI and use latest disk values

for server status.

• Windows and PowerShell quality-of-life (#7607, #7893, #7942, #7137): locate pwsh/powershell reliably, parse PowerShell with

PowerShell, sign additional Windows executables, and fix WSL2 toasts.

• Sandbox and safety updates (#7809, #7889, #7728): Elevated Sandbox 3/4 plus expanded safe command list.
• Model/prompt UX for gpt-5.2 (#7934, #7910, #7874, #7911): prompt updates and clearer xhigh reasoning warnings/docs.

PRs Merged

• fix cargo build switch #7948 @[iceweasel-oai]
• fix: restore MCP startup progress messages in TUI (fixes #7827) #7828 @[ivanmurashko]
• support 1p #7945 @[aibrahim-oai]
• Sign two additional exes for Windows #7942 @[iceweasel-oai]
• fix: use PowerShell to parse PowerShell #7607 @[bolinfest]
• chore(prompt) Update base prompt #7943 @[dylan-hurd-oai]
• Elevated Sandbox 4 #7889 @[iceweasel-oai]
• chore(prompt) Remove truncation details #7941 @[dylan-hurd-oai]
• feat: clean config loading and config api #7924 @[jif-oai]
• chores: models manager #7937 @[aibrahim-oai]
• Remote compact for API-key users #7835 @[pakrym-oai]
• chore(gpt-5.2) prompt update #7934 @[dylan-hurd-oai]
• fix: race on rx subscription #7921 @[jif-oai]
• fix: break tui #7876 @[jif-oai]
• feat: more safe commands #7728 @[jif-oai]
• fix(tui): show xhigh reasoning warning for gpt-5.2 #7910 @[voctory]
• Make skill name and description limit based on characters not byte counts #7915 @[etraut-openai]
• feat: introduce utilities for locating pwsh.exe and powershell.exe #7893 @[bolinfest]
• docs: clarify xhigh reasoning effort on gpt-5.2 #7911 @[voctory]
• feat: use latest disk value for mcp servers status #7907 @[shijie-oai]
• Revert "fix(apply-patch): preserve CRLF line endings on Windows" #7903 @[dylan-hurd-oai]
• Make migration screen dynamic #7896 @[aibrahim-oai]
• Fix misleading 'maximize' high effort description on xhigh models #7874 @[voctory]
• Added deprecation notice for "chat" wire_api #7897 @[etraut-openai]
• Fix toasts on Windows under WSL 2 #7137 @[dank-openai]
• fix: policy/*.codexpolicy -> rules/*.rules #7888 @[bolinfest]
• Update RMCP client config guidance #7895 @[nornagon-openai]
• Update Model Info #7853 @[aibrahim-oai]
• Elevated Sandbox 3 #7809 @[iceweasel-oai]
• remove release script #7885 @[aibrahim-oai]
• Chore: limit find family visability #7891 @[aibrahim-oai]
• fix: omit reasoning summary when ReasoningSummary::None #7845 @[apanasenko-oai]
• fix: drop stale filedescriptor output hash for nix #7865 @[tyleranton]
• fix: dont quit on 'q' in onboarding ApiKeyEntry state #7869 @[sayan-oai]

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