OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.76.0
OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.76.0 was released on .
Summary
New Features - Add a macOS DMG build target (PR 8207)
Release Context
- This was the 67th OpenAI Codex CLI release of 2025 tracked by Havoptic.
- It shipped 1 day after OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.75.0 (December 18, 2025).
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Release Notes
New Features
- Add a macOS DMG build target (PR #8207)
- Improve terminal detection metadata for per-terminal scroll tuning (PR #8252)
- UI tweaks on the skills popup (PR #8250)
- TUI search cell rendering improvements (PR #8273)
- Add /ps command (PR #8279)
- Add support for /etc/codex/requirements.toml on UNIX (PR #8277)
- Support shortDescription for skills (PR #8278, PR #8301)
- Add model list UI (PR #8286)
- Add app-server v2 deprecation notice event (PR #8285)
- Introduce ExternalSandbox policy (PR #8290)
- Skills default on (PR #8297)
- Support admin-scoped skills (PR #8296)
- Update bundled system skills (PR #8253, PR #8328)
- Set exclude default to true in app server (PR #8281)
Bug Fixes
- Ensure pipes work in restricted sandbox tokens (PR #8280)
- Grant read ACL to the command-runner directory earlier (PR #8275)
- Fix duplicate shell_snapshot FeatureSpec regression (PR #8274)
- Fix sandbox-state update ordering by switching to request (PR #8142)
PRs Merged
- #8328 Update system skills from OSS repo
- #8325 Revert "Keep skills feature flag default OFF for windows."
- #8308 Keep skills feature flag default OFF for windows.
- #8305 Fix admin skills.
- #8301 Add short descriptions to system skills
- #8299 Fix tests
- #8297 skills feature default on.
- #8296 Support admin scope skills.
- #8290 feat: introduce ExternalSandbox policy
- #8288 chore: upgrade rmcp crate from 0.10.0 to 0.12.0
- #8286 model list
- #8285 feat(app-server): add v2 deprecation notice
- #8282 fix: flaky tests 5
- #8281 Set exclude to true by default in app server
- #8280 add a default dacl to restricted token to enable reading of pipes
- #8279 feat: add /ps
- #8278 Support skills shortDescription.
- #8277 feat: add support for /etc/codex/requirements.toml on UNIX
- #8276 chore: migrate from Config::load_from_base_config_with_overrides to ConfigBuilder
- #8275 grant read ACL to exe directory first so we can call the command runner
- #8274 fix: remove duplicate shell_snapshot FeatureSpec
- #8273 tui: improve rendering of search cell
- #8271 use mainline version as baseline in ci
- #8257 feat: collapse "waiting" of unified_exec
- #8253 Update system skills bundled with codex-rs
- #8252 Terminal Detection Metadata for Per-Terminal Scroll Scaling
- #8250 UI tweaks on skills popup.
- #8207 [release] Add a dmg target for MacOS
- #8142 fix: change codex/sandbox-state/update from a notification to a request
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