From aa83d7da24d1b95c7bc1da91266b6069df96bd79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Ibrahim <aibrahim@openai.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 16:20:53 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: do not panic on alphas (#8406)

alphas are used sometimes as stable release
---
 codex-rs/core/src/util.rs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/util.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/util.rs
index 5304a89ac..db2d0e74e 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/util.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/util.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub(crate) fn backoff(attempt: u64) -> Duration {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn error_or_panic(message: impl std::string::ToString) {
-    if cfg!(debug_assertions) || env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").contains("alpha") {
+    if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
         panic!("{}", message.to_string());
     } else {
         error!("{}", message.to_string());