Enable opt-in Guardian reviews and projectless workspace-default sessions
Codex CLI rust-v0.160.0 adds opt-in Guardian reviews that retrieve earlier user instructions and agent-handoff context, projectless sessions with workspace defaults and restored permissions, command-center Show more pagination, and Linux X11 middle-click paste. Upgrade and use these so reviews, resumes, and task browsing keep context.Why this loop
rust-v0.160.0 changes how Codex CLI continues work. Opt-in Guardian reviews can retrieve earlier user instructions and include agent-handoff context, so review prompts should assume that history instead of restating the thread. You can start TUI sessions outside a project with workspace defaults when policy permits, then resume and get saved permissions back. The agent command center paginates older tasks with a keyboard-accessible Show more action—browse those before spawning duplicate work. Unsent queued messages resume after reconnection once uncertain submissions resolve; do not retype them. The TUI preserves server provider, reasoning-summary, and verbosity and shows the correct sessions in resume and fork history. Linux X11 fullscreen terminals support selecting transcript text and middle-click paste. Windows sandbox PowerShell fallbacks, long-path ACL repairs, and suppressed background console windows landed. Explicit provider model catalogs are authoritative and no longer keep unsupported bundled models or stale entries after refresh failures. Provider credentials use the configured storage backend, with env_key naming the API-key environment variable.
Proposed actions
- Upgrade Codex CLI to rust-v0.160.0 from https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.160.0, then opt in to Guardian reviews so each review retrieves earlier user instructions and includes context from agent handoffs.
- Start a Codex TUI session outside a project directory so workspace defaults apply when policy permits; later resume that session and confirm saved permissions restore instead of re-approving tools.
- In the agent command center, use the keyboard-accessible Show more action to page older tasks before opening a new session for the same work.
- On a local Linux X11 fullscreen terminal, select transcript text and paste with middle-click; after a disconnect, leave unsent queued messages in place until uncertain submissions resolve so they resume once.
- When setting provider auth, use the configured storage backend and set env_key to the API-key environment variable name; treat explicit provider model catalogs as authoritative and drop unsupported bundled models or stale entries after a failed refresh.
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Assistant: OpenAI Codex CLI Proposal: Enable opt-in Guardian reviews and projectless workspace-default sessions Summary: Codex CLI rust-v0.160.0 adds opt-in Guardian reviews that retrieve earlier user instructions and agent-handoff context, projectless sessions with workspace defaults and restored permissions, command-center Show more pagination, and Linux X11 middle-click paste. Upgrade and use these so reviews, resumes, and task browsing keep context. Primary source: https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.160.0
Why it matters
rust-v0.160.0 changes how Codex CLI continues work. Opt-in Guardian reviews can retrieve earlier user instructions and include agent-handoff context, so review prompts should assume that history instead of restating the thread. You can start TUI sessions outside a project with workspace defaults when policy permits, then resume and get saved permissions back. The agent command center paginates older tasks with a keyboard-accessible Show more action—browse those before spawning duplicate work. Unsent queued messages resume after reconnection once uncertain submissions resolve; do not retype them. The TUI preserves server provider, reasoning-summary, and verbosity and shows the correct sessions in resume and fork history. Linux X11 fullscreen terminals support selecting transcript text and middle-click paste. Windows sandbox PowerShell fallbacks, long-path ACL repairs, and suppressed background console windows landed. Explicit provider model catalogs are authoritative and no longer keep unsupported bundled models or stale entries after refresh failures. Provider credentials use the configured storage backend, with env_key naming the API-key environment variable.
Suggested actions
- Upgrade Codex CLI to rust-v0.160.0 from https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.160.0, then opt in to Guardian reviews so each review retrieves earlier user instructions and includes context from agent handoffs.
- Start a Codex TUI session outside a project directory so workspace defaults apply when policy permits; later resume that session and confirm saved permissions restore instead of re-approving tools.
- In the agent command center, use the keyboard-accessible Show more action to page older tasks before opening a new session for the same work.
- On a local Linux X11 fullscreen terminal, select transcript text and paste with middle-click; after a disconnect, leave unsent queued messages in place until uncertain submissions resolve so they resume once.
- When setting provider auth, use the configured storage backend and set env_key to the API-key environment variable name; treat explicit provider model catalogs as authoritative and drop unsupported bundled models or stale entries after a failed refresh.
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