OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.79.0

OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.79.0 was released on .

Summary

New Features - Add multi-conversation “agent control” so a session can spawn or message other conversations programmatically (8783, 8788) - Add app-server thread/rollback so IDE clients can undo th...

Release Context

  • This was the 2nd OpenAI Codex CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped the same day as OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.78.0 (January 6, 2026).

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Release Notes

New Features - Add multi-conversation “agent control” so a session can spawn or message other conversations programmatically (8783, 8788) - Add app-server thread/rollback so IDE clients can undo the last N turns without rewriting history (8454) - Add websearchcached to enable cached-only Web Search results as a safer alternative to live requests (8795) - Allow global exec flags (model/json/sandbox toggles, etc.) to be passed after codex exec resume (8440) - Show time/version-targeted announcement tips in the TUI, driven by a TOML file in the repo (8752) - Add an [analytics] enabled=... config section to control analytics behavior (8350) Bug Fixes - Fix TUI2 transcripts so streamed markdown reflows on resize and copy/paste preserves soft wraps (8761) - Make applypatch parsing tolerant of whitespace-padded Begin Patch / End Patch markers (8746) - Render paths relative to the current working directory before checking git roots, improving output in non-git workspaces (8771) - Prevent CODEXMANAGEDCONFIGPATH from overriding managed config in production, closing a policy bypass (8762) - Ensure app-server conversations respect the config passed in by the client (8765) - Reduce TUI UX glitches: suppress popups when browsing input history, fix copy “pill” rendering, and clear background terminals on interrupt (8772, 8777, 8786) Documentation - Clarify onboarding/login guidance for headless/remote setups by steering users to codex login --device-auth (8753) - Update model examples used in tooling/config to current gpt-5.2 naming (8566) Chores - Refactor skills discovery to use the config layer stack so all configured skill folders are considered (8497) - Auto-populate GitHub release notes at release creation time (8799) - Add more applypatch test scenarios to harden coverage (8230) - Tweak unified exec event emission to only send “begin” when a PTY is present (8780) Changelog Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.78.0...rust-v0.79.0 - 8753 [device-auth] Update login instruction for headless environments. @mzeng-openai - 8497 Use ConfigLayerStack for skills discovery. @xl-openai - 8440 Allow global exec flags after resume and fix CI codex build/timeout @fjord-oai - 8230 chore(apply-patch) additional scenarios @dylan-hurd-oai - 8746 fix: accept whitespace-padded patch markers @tibo-openai - 8761 tui2: stop baking streaming wraps; reflow agent markdown @joshka-oai - 8771 fix: render cwd-relative paths in tui @joshka-oai - 8770 fix: fix readiness subscribe token wrap-around @tibo-openai - 8780 chore: emit unified exec begin only when PTY exist @jif-oai - 8762 fix: stop honoring CODEXMANAGEDCONFIGPATH environment variable in production @bolinfest - 8566 fix: update model examples to gpt-5.2 @seuros - 8735 feat: add head-tail buffer for unifiedexec @jif-oai - 8331 chore: add model/list call to app-server-test-client @owenlin0 - 8752 feat: forced tool tips @jif-oai - 8786 chore: clear background terminals on interrupt @jif-oai - 8350 feat: add analytics config setting @JaviSoto - 8783 feat: agent controller @jif-oai - 8772 suppress popups while browsing input history @xl-openai - 8777 Clear copy pill background and add snapshot test @joshka-oai - 8788 feat: drop agent bus and store the agent status in codex directly @jif-oai - 8454 feat(app-server): thread/rollback API @owenlin0 - 8765 [app-server] fix config loading for conversations @celia-oai - 8795 add websearchcached flag @sayan-oai - 8799 fix: populate the release notes when the release is created @bolinfest

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