OpenAI Codex 0.164.0 released
A feature release adding preset slots for commands, inline model configuration, image previews, enterprise MCP authentication, and credential masking in remote sessions.
What changed in 0.164.0
- Store and quickly access custom prompts and slash commands in ten numbered preset slots with keyboard menu.
- Configure model, reasoning effort, speed, and permissions inline using
/modeland/permissionsarguments. - View generated and viewed images fullscreen in transcripts on terminals supporting Kitty or Sixel graphics.
- Authenticate enterprise MCP connections with account grants or dedicated sign-in including OAuth clients. Mask credentials in remote Bash and Zsh sessions.
- Fix session resumption to restore compressed histories and thread settings instead of replacing with defaults. Failed compaction no longer leaves partial summaries.
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; 0.164.0 came 8 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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