OpenAI Codex CLI vrust-v0.81.0
Summary
New Features - Default API model moved to gpt-5.2-codex. (9188) - The codex tool in codex mcp-server now includes the threadId in the response so it can be used with the codex-reply tool, fixing 37...
Release Notes
New Features - Default API model moved to gpt-5.2-codex. (9188) - The codex tool in codex mcp-server now includes the threadId in the response so it can be used with the codex-reply tool, fixing 3712. The documentation has been updated at https://developers.openai.com/codex/guides/agents-sdk/. (9192) - Headless runs now switch to device-code login automatically so sign-in works without a browser. (8756) - Linux sandbox can mount paths read-only to better protect files from writes. (9112) - Support partial tool calls rendering in tui Bug Fixes - Alternate-screen handling now avoids breaking Zellij scrollback and adds a config/flag to control it. (8555) - Windows correctly prompts before unsafe commands when running with a read-only sandbox policy. (9117) - Config.toml and rules parsing errors are reported to app-server clients/TUI instead of failing silently. (9182, 9011) - Worked around a macOS system-configuration crash in proxy discovery. (8954) - Invalid user image uploads now surface an error instead of being silently replaced. (9146) Documentation - Published a generated JSON Schema for config.toml in docs/ to validate configs. (8956) - Documented the TUI paste-burst state machine for terminals without reliable bracketed paste. (9020) Chores - Added Bazel build support plus a just bazel-codex helper for contributors. (8875, 9177) Changelog Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.80.0...rust-v0.81.0 - 8756 [device-auth] When headless environment is detected, show device login flow instead. @mzeng-openai - 8930 feat: first pass on clb tool @jif-oai - 8966 nit: rename session metric @jif-oai - 8969 chore: non mutable btree when building specs @jif-oai - 8968 chore: move otel provider outside of trace module @jif-oai - 8973 chore: add mcp call metric @jif-oai - 8970 chore: add approval metric @jif-oai - 8975 chore: metrics tool call @jif-oai - 8901 chore: update metrics temporality @jif-oai - 8954 Work around crash in system-configuration li