Codex CLI v0.160.0 Release Notes — What's New

New Features

Browse older tasks in the agent command center with a keyboard-accessible “Show more” action. (#49106)
Select transcript text and paste with middle-click in fullscreen mode on supported local Linux X11 terminals. (#49112)
Start sessions outside a project with workspace defaults when policy permits, and restore saved permissions when resuming. (#49160)
Added opt-in Guardian review capabilities to retrieve earlier user instructions and include context from agent handoffs. (#49036, #49057)

Bug Fixes

Unsent queued messages now resume after reconnection once uncertain submissions are resolved, avoiding duplicate sends. (#49105)
The terminal UI now preserves server provider, reasoning-summary, and verbosity settings and shows the correct sessions in resume and fork history. (#49144, #49161, #49171)
Fixed Windows sandbox PowerShell fallbacks and long-path permission repairs, and suppressed unwanted console windows from background helpers. (#49019, #49058, #49098, #49164, #49386)
Subagents now retain environments that are still starting and receive their configuration or preparation failure. (#49075)
Prevented SQLite stalls during connection setup and logging, and surfaced initialization errors instead of masking them as timeouts. (#49032, #49102)
Explicit provider model catalogs no longer include unsupported bundled models or reuse stale entries after refresh failures. (#49135)

Documentation

Clarified how provider credentials use the configured storage backend and how env_key identifies the API-key environment variable. (#49118)

Chores

Reduced repeated plugin-loading work by caching parsed manifests and reusing HTTP connections for remote plugin requests. (#49099, #49100)
Added background reclamation of unused log database space to reduce disk usage. (#49069)

Changelog

Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.159.0...rust-v0.160.0

#48983 Avoid full metadata rewrites for thread timestamp updates @jif-oai
#49000 Isolate the memory startup metadata test from Git enrichment @jif-oai
#49019 Use a compatible PowerShell fallback for the Windows MXC sandbox @iceweasel-oai
#49028 Use the numeric ioctl value in the macOS sandbox policy @aionescu-oai
#49031 Clarify ChatGPT sign-in success copy @bc-openai
#49032 Avoid SQLite stalls from connection setup and stderr span logging @jif-oai
#49036 Add opt-in conversation history retrieval to Guardian reviews @felixxia-oai
#49037 Show the Plan mode cycling hint in the fullscreen status line @fcoury-oai
#49038 Preserve encrypted agent messages in Guardian reviews @felixxia-oai
#49041 Copy selections within inline code as plain text @fcoury-oai
#49043 Update Pro plan display names in the TUI @etraut-openai
#49057 Add handoff-aware root context for Guardian reviews @jif-oai
#49058 Fix Windows sandbox ACL repair for long runtime paths @darius-oai
#49060 Update Guardian messaging snapshots for native agent messages @dkovalenko-oai
#49065 Update Guardian handoff snapshot for separate agent messages @cassirer-openai
#49067 Keep configuration values out of Windows sandbox policy events @zm-oai
#49069 Reclaim unused SQLite log database pages in the background @dkovalenko-oai
#49073 Surface realtime voice catalog failures in the TUI @etraut-openai
#49074 Propagate Cargo package versions to Bazel Rust targets @tamird
#49075 Preserve pending environments when spawning subagents @sayan-oai
#49076 Avoid collecting unused Git metadata in skill analytics @tamird
#49079 Update and centralize TUI subscription labels @etraut-openai
#49082 Skip remote Git discovery for Guardian diff paths @jif-oai
#49084 Track app-server running turns incrementally @tamird
#49089 Render follow-up directive labels in the TUI and copied responses @etraut-openai
#49093 Simplify startup promotions to platform-specific desktop app tips @etraut-openai
#49096 Update h2 from 0.4.16 to 0.4.19 in Cargo and Bazel lockfiles @cassirer-openai
#49097 Notify lifecycle extensions of compaction usage limits @xli-oai
#49098 Resolve Windows sandbox PowerShell fallbacks on the exec server @zm-oai
#49099 Cache parsed plugin manifests across plugin workflows @dkovalenko-oai
#49100 Reuse the HTTP connection pool for remote plugin requests @dkovalenko-oai
#49102 Preserve SQLite vacuum modes and surface pool initialization errors @bc-openai
#49103 Balance Windows Bazel test shards using duration estimates @jgershen-oai
#49105 Resume unsent TUI input after reconnecting @etraut-openai
#49106 Add history pagination to the agent command center @bc-openai
#49112 Add X11 primary selection and middle-click paste support @fcoury-oai
#49114 Point remote compaction tests at the mock ChatGPT server @OLI-OAI
#49117 Attribute analytics requests to each thread's product SKU @papayo-oai
#49118 Correct provider authentication storage documentation @celia-oai
#49119 Add recovery guidance to content-filter retries @won-openai
#49127 Deduplicate cloud and executor skill listings before budgeting @TAFOYA-OAI
#49130 Move content-filter guidance into the shared Responses retry handler @won-openai
#49135 Treat explicit provider model catalogs as authoritative @andrewgu-oai
#49136 Remove the plus separator after Option symbols in TUI key hints @bc-openai
#49138 Expose original error details to turn lifecycle contributors @bryanashley
#49144 Preserve server reasoning summary and verbosity settings in the TUI @etraut-openai
#49145 Hide reasoning summary settings in /status for server connections @etraut-openai
#49147 Simplify cloud task base URL normalization @akira-oai
#49153 Omit blockquote markers when copying quoted selections in the TUI @bc-openai
#49160 Support projectless TUI sessions with workspace defaults @etraut-openai
#49161 Honor app-server provider defaults in the TUI @etraut-openai
#49164 Suppress Windows console windows for background subprocesses @etraut-openai
#49171 Fix model provider lookup for TUI history @etraut-openai
#49386 [0.160] Backport remaining Windows console fix to frozen alpha.6 @andrewgu-oai
#49763 [0.160] Backport maintenance-line catalog and security reminder updates @andrewgu-oai