OpenAI Codex CLI — January 2026 Releases
14 releases in January 2026.
- vrust-v0.93.0 (January 31, 2026) — New Features - Added an optional SOCKS5 proxy listener with policy enforcement and config gating. (9803) - Plan mode now streams proposed plans into a
- vrust-v0.92.0 (January 27, 2026) — New Features - API v2 threads can now inject dynamic tools at startup and route their calls/responses end-to-end through the server and core tool pipe
- vrust-v0.91.0 (January 25, 2026) — Chores - Reduced the maximum allowed number of sub-agents to 6 to tighten resource usage and guardrails in agent fan-out behavior (9861) Changelog Ful
- vrust-v0.90.0 (January 25, 2026) — New Features - Added a network sandbox proxy with policy enforcement to better control outbound network access. (8442) - Introduced the first phase of
- vrust-v0.89.0 (January 22, 2026) — New Features - Added a /permissions command with a shorter approval set while keeping /approvals for compatibility. (9561) - Added a /skill UI to enab
- vrust-v0.88.0 (January 21, 2026) — New Features - Added device-code auth as a standalone fallback in headless environments. (9333) Bug Fixes - Load configs from trusted folders only and
- vrust-v0.87.0 (January 16, 2026) — New Features - User message metadata (text elements and byte ranges) now round-trips through protocol/app-server/core so UI annotations can survive hi
- vrust-v0.86.0 (January 16, 2026) — New Features - Skill metadata can now be defined in SKILL.toml (names, descriptions, icons, brand color, default prompt) and surfaced in the app serve
- vrust-v0.85.0 (January 15, 2026) — New Features - App-server v2 now emits collaboration tool calls as item events in the turn stream, so clients can render agent coordination in real ti
- vrust-v0.84.0 (January 15, 2026) — New Features - Extend the Rust protocol/types to include additional metadata on text elements, enabling richer client rendering and schema evolution (
- vrust-v0.81.0 (January 14, 2026) — 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 c
- vrust-v0.80.0 (January 9, 2026) — New Features - Add conversation/thread fork endpoints in the protocol and app server so clients can branch a session into a new thread. (8866) - Expos
- vrust-v0.79.0 (January 7, 2026) — New Features - Add multi-conversation “agent control” so a session can spawn or message other conversations programmatically (8783, 8788) - Add app-se
- vrust-v0.78.0 (January 6, 2026) — New Features - Add Ctrl+G to open the current prompt in your configured external editor ($VISUAL/$EDITOR) and sync edits back into the TUI. (7606) - S