Codex: rust-v0.79.0 Release

New Features

• Add multi-conversation “agent control” so a session can spawn or message other conversations programmatically (#8783, #8788)
• Add app-server thread/rollback so IDE clients can undo the last N turns without rewriting history (#8454)
• Add web_search_cached to enable cached-only Web Search results as a safer alternative to live requests (#8795)
• Allow global exec flags (model/json/sandbox toggles, etc.) to be passed after codex exec resume (#8440)
• Show time/version-targeted announcement tips in the TUI, driven by a TOML file in the repo (#8752)
• Add an [analytics] enabled=... config section to control analytics behavior (#8350)

Bug Fixes

• Fix TUI2 transcripts so streamed markdown reflows on resize and copy/paste preserves soft wraps (#8761)
• Make apply_patch parsing tolerant of whitespace-padded *** Begin Patch / *** End Patch markers (#8746)
• Render paths relative to the current working directory before checking git roots, improving output in non-git workspaces (#8771)
• Prevent CODEX_MANAGED_CONFIG_PATH from overriding managed config in production, closing a policy bypass (#8762)
• Ensure app-server conversations respect the config passed in by the client (#8765)
• Reduce TUI UX glitches: suppress popups when browsing input history, fix copy “pill” rendering, and clear background terminals on interrupt (#8772, #8777, #8786)

Documentation

• Clarify onboarding/login guidance for headless/remote setups by steering users to codex login --device-auth (#8753)
• Update model examples used in tooling/config to current gpt-5.2 naming (#8566)

Chores

• Refactor skills discovery to use the config layer stack so all configured skill folders are considered (#8497)
• Auto-populate GitHub release notes at release creation time (#8799)
• Add more apply_patch test scenarios to harden coverage (#8230)
• Tweak unified exec event emission to only send “begin” when a PTY is present (#8780)

Changelog

Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.78.0...rust-v0.79.0

• #8753 [device-auth] Update login instruction for headless environments. @mzeng-openai
• #8497 Use ConfigLayerStack for skills discovery. @xl-openai
• #8440 Allow global exec flags after resume and fix CI codex build/timeout @fjord-oai
• #8230 chore(apply-patch) additional scenarios @dylan-hurd-oai
• #8746 fix: accept whitespace-padded patch markers @tibo-openai
• #8761 tui2: stop baking streaming wraps; reflow agent markdown @joshka-oai
• #8771 fix: render cwd-relative paths in tui @joshka-oai
• #8770 fix: fix readiness subscribe token wrap-around @tibo-openai
• #8780 chore: emit unified exec begin only when PTY exist @jif-oai
• #8762 fix: stop honoring CODEX_MANAGED_CONFIG_PATH environment variable in production @bolinfest
• #8566 fix: update model examples to gpt-5.2 @seuros
• #8735 feat: add head-tail buffer for unified_exec @jif-oai
• #8331 chore: add model/list call to app-server-test-client @owenlin0
• #8752 feat: forced tool tips @jif-oai
• #8786 chore: clear background terminals on interrupt @jif-oai
• #8350 feat: add analytics config setting @JaviSoto
• #8783 feat: agent controller @jif-oai
• #8772 suppress popups while browsing input history @xl-openai
• #8777 Clear copy pill background and add snapshot test @joshka-oai
• #8788 feat: drop agent bus and store the agent status in codex directly @jif-oai
• #8454 feat(app-server): thread/rollback API @owenlin0
• #8765 [app-server] fix config loading for conversations @celia-oai
• #8795 add web_search_cached flag @sayan-oai
• #8799 fix: populate the release notes when the release is created @bolinfest