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AI news in April 2026: Codex & Claude
April 2026, from our verified data: 35 releases (27 Claude Code, 8 Codex CLI) and 9 reset entries. Posts are our one-line summaries linked to the originals; releases link to their own pages, which summarise the changes; reset entries say whether a reset was completed, reported, announced or banked.
Usage resets
Completed and reported resets, announcements and banked resets. Only Completed entries count as a finished reset. Full monthly logs: Codex resets in April 2026 · Claude resets in April 2026.
- Codex Codex reset on Apr 28, 2026 (reported)Usage reset
- Claude Claude reset on Apr 23, 2026 (completed)Limits restored following fixes to reported quality regressions.
- Codex Codex reset announced on Apr 20, 2026Reset announcement
- Codex Codex reset on Apr 17, 2026 (reported)Usage reset
- Claude Claude reset on Apr 16, 2026 (completed)Usage restored after a long-context accounting fix.
- Codex Codex reset announced on Apr 9, 2026, 17:51 UTCReset announcement
- Codex Codex reset announced on Apr 9, 2026, 02:31 UTCAnother reset was promised for the following day to mark three million users after the previous reset arrived at an inconvenient time.
- Codex Codex reset announced on Apr 7, 2026Reset announcement
- Codex Codex reset on Apr 1, 2026 (reported)Usage reset
Claude Code releases (27)
- Claude Code 2.1.123Fixed OAuth authentication failing with a 401 retry loop when CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_BETAS=1 is set
- Claude Code 2.1.122Added ANTHROPIC_BEDROCK_SERVICE_TIER environment variable to select a Bedrock service tier (default, flex, or priority), sent as the X-Amzn-Bedrock-Service-Tier header · Pasting a PR URL…
- Claude Code 2.1.121Added alwaysLoad option to MCP server config — when true, all tools from that server skip tool-search deferral and are always available · Added…
- Claude Code 2.1.119/config settings (theme, editor mode, verbose, etc.) now persist to ~/.claude/settings.json and participate in project/local/policy override precedence · Added prUrlTemplate setting to point the…
- Claude Code 2.1.118Added vim visual mode (v) and visual-line mode (V) with selection, operators, and visual feedback · Merged /cost and /stats into /usage — both…
- Claude Code 2.1.117Forked subagents can now be enabled on external builds by setting CLAUDE_CODE_FORK_SUBAGENT=1 · Agent frontmatter mcpServers are now loaded for main-thread agent sessions via…
- Claude Code 2.1.116/resume on large sessions is significantly faster (up to 67% on 40MB+ sessions) and handles sessions with many dead-fork entries more efficiently · Faster…
- Claude Code 2.1.114Fixed a crash in the permission dialog when an agent teams teammate requested tool permission
- Claude Code 2.1.113Changed the CLI to spawn a native Claude Code binary (via a per-platform optional dependency) instead of bundled JavaScript · Added sandbox.network.deniedDomains setting to…
- Claude Code 2.1.112Fixed "claude-opus-4-7 is temporarily unavailable" for auto mode
- Claude Code 2.1.111Claude Opus 4.7 xhigh is now available! Use /effort to tune speed vs. intelligence · Auto mode is now available for Max subscribers when…
- Claude Code 2.1.110Added /tui command and tui setting — run /tui fullscreen to switch to flicker-free rendering in the same conversation · Changed Ctrl+O to toggle…
- Claude Code 2.1.109Improved the extended-thinking indicator with a rotating progress hint
- Claude Code 2.1.108Added ENABLE_PROMPT_CACHING_1H env var to opt into 1-hour prompt cache TTL on API key, Bedrock, Vertex, and Foundry (ENABLE_PROMPT_CACHING_1H_BEDROCK is deprecated but still honored),…
- Claude Code 2.1.107Show thinking hints sooner during long operations
- Claude Code 2.1.105Added path parameter to the EnterWorktree tool to switch into an existing worktree of the current repository · Added PreCompact hook support: hooks can…
- Claude Code 2.1.104
- Claude Code 2.1.101Added /team-onboarding command to generate a teammate ramp-up guide from your local Claude Code usage · Added OS CA certificate store trust by default,…
- Claude Code 2.1.100
- Claude Code 2.1.98Added interactive Google Vertex AI setup wizard accessible from the login screen when selecting "3rd-party platform", guiding you through GCP authentication, project and region…
- Claude Code 2.1.97Added focus view toggle (Ctrl+O) in NO_FLICKER mode showing prompt, one-line tool summary with edit diffstats, and final response · Added refreshInterval status line…
- Claude Code 2.1.96Fixed Bedrock requests failing with 403 "Authorization header is missing" when using AWS_BEARER_TOKEN_BEDROCK or CLAUDE_CODE_SKIP_BEDROCK_AUTH (regression in 2.1.94)
- Claude Code 2.1.94Added support for Amazon Bedrock powered by Mantle, set CLAUDE_CODE_USE_MANTLE=1 · Changed default effort level from medium to high for API-key, Bedrock/Vertex/Foundry, Team, and…
- Claude Code 2.1.92Added forceRemoteSettingsRefresh policy setting: when set, the CLI blocks startup until remote managed settings are freshly fetched, and exits if the fetch fails (fail-closed)…
- Claude Code 2.1.91Added MCP tool result persistence override via _meta["anthropic/maxResultSizeChars"] annotation (up to 500K), allowing larger results like DB schemas to pass through without truncation ·…
- Claude Code 2.1.90Added /powerup — interactive lessons teaching Claude Code features with animated demos · Added CLAUDE_CODE_PLUGIN_KEEP_MARKETPLACE_ON_FAILURE env var to keep the existing marketplace cache when…
- Claude Code 2.1.89Added "defer" permission decision to PreToolUse hooks — headless sessions can pause at a tool call and resume with -p --resume to have the…
Codex CLI releases (8)
- Codex CLI 0.128.0Added persisted /goal workflows with app-server APIs, model tools, runtime continuation, and TUI controls for create, pause, resume, and clear. (#18073, #18074, #18075, #18076,…
- Codex CLI 0.125.0App-server integrations now support Unix socket transport, pagination-friendly resume/fork, sticky environments, and remote thread config/store plumbing. (#18255, #18892, #18897, #18908, #19008, #19014) · App-server…
- Codex CLI 0.124.0The TUI now has quick reasoning controls: Alt+, lowers reasoning, Alt+. raises it, and accepted model upgrades now reset reasoning to the new model’s…
- Codex CLI 0.123.0Added a built-in amazon-bedrock model provider with configurable AWS profile support (#18744). · Added /mcp verbose for full MCP server diagnostics, resources, and resource…
- Codex CLI 0.122.0Standalone installs are more self-contained, and codex app now opens or installs Desktop correctly on Windows and Intel Macs (#17022, #18500). · The TUI…
- Codex CLI 0.121.0Added codex marketplace add and app-server support for installing plugin marketplaces from GitHub, git URLs, local directories, and direct marketplace.json URLs (#17087, #17717, #17756).…
- Codex CLI 0.120.0Realtime V2 can now stream background agent progress while work is still running and queue follow-up responses until the active response completes (#17264, #17306)…
- Codex CLI 0.119.0Realtime voice sessions now default to the v2 WebRTC path, with configurable transport, voice selection, native TUI media support, and app-server coverage for the…
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