OpenAI Codex 0.163.0 released
A feature release adding interactive configuration management, follow-up steering during responses, customizable leader keys, and parallel execution of read-only tools.
What changed in 0.163.0
- Search and change settings in
/configwith immediate updates; see which changes require restart. - Send follow-up prompts while Codex responds to steer it immediately; interrupting also stops Code Mode cells.
- Configure leader key in
/keymap(default Ctrl+X); voice mute moves to F9. - Restart managed background servers from
/daemonwith automatic reconnection and interruption warnings. - Run independent read-only tools like skill and memory lookups in parallel; Daybreak enabled by default for eligible accounts.
Check before you update
- Configurations using retired shell flags will receive a migration notice; zsh is no longer bundled.
Summarised by AgentGid from OpenAI's official release notes on GitHub, as reported there; read the original before relying on it. Price, status and release dates come from our daily data.
OpenAI Codex at a glance
| What it is | OpenAI's coding agent, offered as an open-source terminal CLI, an IDE extension, a desktop app and a cloud agent that works on repositories. Users sign in with a ChatGPT account or use an OpenAI API key; with an API key… |
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| Latest version | 0.166.0, Oct 29, 2026. This page is about an earlier release. |
| Release pace | 8 stable releases in the last 30 days; 0.163.0 came 6 days after the previous one |
| Price | Free + $8/mo. Included in ChatGPT plans: Free $0, Go $8/month, Plus $20/month, Pro from $100/month ($100, $200 or $500 tiers), Business $20/user/month billed annually ($25 monthly), Enterprise … Official pricing ↗ (checked Oct 6, 2026) |
| Live status | Up 6 incidents in the last 30 days on the official status page |
| Usage limit resets | Last reset 3d ago, announced by @thsottiaux on X. All resets |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 27.8M up 15.4% |
| Gid Score | 84 #1 in Terminal coding agents |
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