CATCH #1791
DETECTED OCT 1, 2026 20:25 UTC
THE CATCHscore 5/10
EXHIBIT 1791
Oct 1, 2026 20:25 UTC
github
openai/codex
OpenAI Codex added opt-in Guardian review capabilities for retrieving user instructions and agent handoff context, alongside other minor features and bug fixes in rust-v0.160.0.
READY TO POST:
openai codex just dropped rust-v0.160.0, and it includes new opt-in guardian review features to pull in past instructions and agent handoff context. sounds useful for debugging agent behavior.
the latest openai codex release (rust-v0.160.0) has some neat quality-of-life updates, like better task browsing and guardian review context. good to see continued iteration!
EVIDENCE — the receipts
openai/codex release: rust-v0.160.0
name: 0.160.0
published: 2026-10-01T20:19:13Z
url: https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.160.0
## New Features
- Browse older tasks in the agent command center with a keyboard-accessible “Show more” action. (#49106)
- Select transcript text and paste with middle-click in fullscreen mode on supported local Linux X11 terminals. (#49112)
- Start sessions outside a project with workspace defaults when policy permits, and restore saved permissions when resuming. (#49160)
- Added opt-in Guardian review capabilities to retrieve earlier user instructions and include context from agent handoffs. (#49036, #49057)
## Bug Fixes
- Unsent queued messages now resume after reconnection once uncertain submissions are resolved, avoiding duplicate sends. (#49105)
- The terminal UI now preserves server provider, reasoning-summary, and verbosity settings and shows the correct sessions in resume and fork history. (#49144, #49161, #49171)
- Fixed Windows sandbox PowerShell fallbacks and long-path permission repairs, and suppressed unwanted console windows from background helpers. (#49019, #49058, #49098, #49164, #49386)
- Subagents now retain environments that are still starting and receive their configuration or preparation failure. (#49075)
- Prevented SQLite stalls during connection setup and logging, and surfaced initialization errors instead of masking them as timeouts. (#49032, #49102)
- Explicit provider model catalogs no longer include unsupported bundled models or reuse stale entries after refresh failures. (#49135)
## Documentation
- Clarified how provider credentials use the configured storage backend and how `env_key` identifies the API-key environment variable. (#49118)
## Chores
- Reduced repeated plugin-loading work by caching parsed manifests and reusing HTTP connections for remote plugin requests. (#49099, #49100)
- Added background reclamation of unused log database space to reduce disk usage. (#49069)
## Change
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