OpenAI Codex CLI shipped rust-v0.159.2 (npm @openai/[email protected]): backport #49385 suppresses Windows console window flashing when launching background processes and sandboxed commands (tracks #48074). Diff vs v0.159.1: ~2 commits / 47 files. Default model remains GPT-6.1 Sol from 0.159.1.
Key Takeaways
- ✓Release rust-v0.159.2 / npm 0.159.2
- ✓Windows: suppress console flashes for background + sandboxed commands (#49385 / #48074)
- ✓~2 commits / 47 files vs v0.159.1
- ✓Default model still GPT-6.1 Sol from 0.159.1
- ✓Upgrade:
npm i -g @openai/[email protected]; smoke-test on Windows sandbox hosts
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Background
Windows Codex users saw console windows flash whenever background or sandboxed commands launched (#48074). After 0.159.1 defaulted to GPT-6.1 Sol, 0.159.2 is a focused UX hotfix for that flash.
What shipped
rust-v0.159.2 via #49385 (~2 commits / 47 files vs v0.159.1). npm @openai/[email protected]. No model-catalog change.
Benchmarks
No SWE-bench in the notes. Validate on Windows sandbox hosts that built-ins and external whoami/cmd/Git/PowerShell no longer flash consoles. Sol pricing/context unchanged on the model card.
Get started
npm i -g @openai/[email protected]. Docs: developers.openai.com/codex.
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