OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.94.0

OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.94.0 was released on .

Summary

New Features - Plan mode is now enabled by default with updated interaction guidance in the plan prompt. (10313, 10308, 10329) - Personality configuration is now stable: default is friendly, the co...

Release Context

  • This was the 15th OpenAI Codex CLI release of 2026 tracked by Havoptic.
  • It shipped 2 days after OpenAI Codex CLI rust-v0.93.0 (January 31, 2026).

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Release Notes

New Features - Plan mode is now enabled by default with updated interaction guidance in the plan prompt. (10313, 10308, 10329) - Personality configuration is now stable: default is friendly, the config key is personality, and existing settings migrate forward. (10305, 10314, 10310, 10307) - Skills can be loaded from .agents/skills, with clearer relative-path instructions and nested-folder markers supported. (10317, 10282, 10350) - Console output now includes runtime metrics for easier diagnostics. (10278) Bug Fixes - Unarchiving a thread updates its timestamp so sidebar ordering refreshes. (10280) - Conversation rules output is capped and prefix rules are deduped to avoid repeated rules. (10351, 10309) - Override turn context no longer appends extra items. (10354) Documentation - Fixed a broken image link in the npm README. (10303) Changelog Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.93.0...rust-v0.94.0 - 10278 feat: show runtime metrics in console @apanasenko-oai - 10285 display promo message in usage error @willwang-openai - 10302 fix(nix): update flake for newer Rust toolchain requirements @douglaz - 10296 chore(features) remove Experimental tag from UTF8 @dylan-hurd-oai - 10303 Fix npm README image link @fouad-openai - 10306 chore(app-server) add personality update test @dylan-hurd-oai - 10308 plan mode prompt @aibrahim-oai - 10305 chore(core) Default to friendly personality @dylan-hurd-oai - 10307 feat(core,tui,app-server) personality migration @dylan-hurd-oai - 10313 enable plan mode @aibrahim-oai - 10120 feat: fire tracking events for skill invocation @alexsong-oai - 10317 feat: Support loading skills from .agents/skills @gverma-openai - 10282 Make skills prompt explicit about relative-path lookup @xl-openai - 10316 Add websocket telemetry metrics and labels @apanasenko-oai - 10314 chore(config) Rename config setting to personality @dylan-hurd-oai - 10310 chore(features) Personality => Stable @dylan-hurd-oai - 10320 Sync system skills from public repo @gverma-openai - 10322 Sync system skills from public repo for openai yaml changes @gverma-openai - 10323 fix(config) config schema newline @dylan-hurd-oai - 10329 Improve plan mode interaction rules @charley-oai - 10280 Bump thread updatedat on unarchive to refresh sidebar ordering @charley-oai - 10350 fix: System skills marker includes nested folders recursively @gverma-openai - 10351 fix(rules) Limit rules listed in conversation @dylan-hurd-oai - 10354 Do not append items on override turn context @pakrym-oai - 10309 fix(core) Deduplicate prefixrules before appending @dylan-hurd-oai - 10373 chore(core) gpt-5.2-codex personality template @dylan-hurd-oai - 10375 fix(personality) prompt patch @dylan-hurd-oai - 10371 feat: vendor app-server protocol schema fixtures @bolinfest

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