Codex CLI 0.96.0 release notes

Version

0.96.0

Released

4 February 2026

Status

Stable release

What's new in Codex CLI 0.96.0

The official notes for Codex CLI 0.96.0 list 13 changes: 3 new features, 2 fixes and 8 other changes.

• 3 new features
• 2 fixes
• 8 other changes

Highlights

• new feature Added thread/compact to the v2 app-server API as an async trigger RPC, so clients can start compaction immediately and track…
• new feature Added websocket-side rate limit signaling via a new codex.rate_limits event, with websocket parity for ETag/reasoning metadata handling.
• new feature Enabled unified_exec on all non-Windows platforms.
• fix Fixed Esc handling in the TUI request_user_input overlay: when notes are open, Esc now exits notes mode instead of interrupting…
• fix Fixed thread path lookup to require that the resolved file actually exists, preventing invalid thread-id resolutions.

Our short summary: changes are counted and classified automatically from the official notes, and highlights are shortened. The complete, authoritative list is in the official release notes on GitHub.

Full release notes on GitHub (Codex CLI 0.96.0)

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