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fix image drag drop (#5794)
fixing drag/drop photos bug in codex

state of the world before:

sometimes, when you drag screenshots into codex, the image does not
properly render into context. instead, the file name is shown in
quotation marks.


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/3c0e540a-505c-4ec0-b634-e9add6a73119

the screenshot is not actually included in agent context. the agent
needs to manually call the view_image tool to see the screenshot. this
can be unreliable especially if the image is part of a longer prompt and
is dependent on the agent going out of its way to view the image.

state of the world after:


https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5f2b7bf7-8a3f-4708-85f3-d68a017bfd97

now, images will always be directly embedded into chat context

## Technical Details

- MacOS sends screenshot paths with a narrow no‑break space right before
the “AM/PM” suffix, which used to trigger our non‑ASCII fallback in the
paste burst detector.
- That fallback flushed the partially buffered paste immediately, so the
path arrived in two separate `handle_paste` calls (quoted prefix +
`PM.png'`). The split string could not be normalized to a real path, so
we showed the quoted filename instead of embedding the image.
- We now append non‑ASCII characters into the burst buffer when a burst
is already active. Finder’s payload stays intact, the path normalizes,
and the image attaches automatically.
- When no burst is active (e.g. during IME typing), non‑ASCII characters
still bypass the buffer so text entry remains responsive.
2025-10-27 17:11:30 -07:00
.devcontainer chore: install an extension for TOML syntax highlighting in the devcontainer (#1650) 2025-07-22 10:58:09 -07:00
.github chore(ci): Speed up macOS builds by using larger runner (#5234) 2025-10-20 23:47:38 +00:00
.vscode Move rust analyzer target dir (#5328) 2025-10-18 17:31:46 -07:00
codex-cli detect Bun installs in CLI update banner (#5074) 2025-10-14 17:49:44 +00:00
codex-rs fix image drag drop (#5794) 2025-10-27 17:11:30 -07:00
docs [MCP] Minor docs clarifications around stdio tokens (#5676) 2025-10-26 13:38:30 -04:00
scripts Enable plan tool by default (#5384) 2025-10-21 16:25:05 +00:00
sdk/typescript Skip flaky test (#5680) 2025-10-25 12:11:16 -07:00
.codespellignore feat: make it possible to toggle mouse mode in the Rust TUI (#971) 2025-05-16 16:16:50 -07:00
.codespellrc TypeScript SDK scaffold (#4455) 2025-09-29 13:27:13 -07:00
.gitignore feat: agent override file (#5215) 2025-10-15 17:46:01 +01:00
.npmrc chore: migrate to pnpm for improved monorepo management (#287) 2025-04-18 16:25:15 -07:00
.prettierignore [apply-patch] Clean up apply-patch tool definitions (#2539) 2025-08-21 20:07:41 -07:00
.prettierrc.toml Initial commit 2025-04-16 12:56:08 -04:00
AGENTS.md Auto compact at ~90% (#5292) 2025-10-20 11:29:49 -07:00
CHANGELOG.md Point the CHANGELOG to the releases page (#2780) 2025-08-27 11:45:40 -07:00
cliff.toml docs(changelog): update install command to @openai/codex@<version> (#2073) 2025-10-18 11:02:22 -07:00
flake.lock Fix nix build (#4048) 2025-10-17 12:19:08 -07:00
flake.nix Fix nix build (#4048) 2025-10-17 12:19:08 -07:00
LICENSE Initial commit 2025-04-16 12:56:08 -04:00
NOTICE resizable viewport (#1732) 2025-07-31 00:06:55 +00:00
package.json chore: subject docs/*.md to Prettier checks (#4645) 2025-10-03 11:35:48 -07:00
pnpm-lock.yaml Add structured-output support (#4793) 2025-10-05 18:17:50 -07:00
pnpm-workspace.yaml TypeScript SDK scaffold (#4455) 2025-09-29 13:27:13 -07:00
PNPM.md fix: include pnpm lock file (#377) 2025-04-18 17:01:11 -07:00
README.md Add instruction for upgrading codex with brew (#5640) 2025-10-24 11:30:34 -07:00

npm i -g @openai/codex
or brew install --cask codex

Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer.

If you want Codex in your code editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf), install in your IDE
If you are looking for the cloud-based agent from OpenAI, Codex Web, go to chatgpt.com/codex

Codex CLI splash


Quickstart

Installing and running Codex CLI

Install globally with your preferred package manager. If you use npm:

npm install -g @openai/codex

Alternatively, if you use Homebrew:

brew install --cask codex

Then simply run codex to get started:

codex

If you're running into upgrade issues with Homebrew, see the FAQ entry on brew upgrade codex.

You can also go to the latest GitHub Release and download the appropriate binary for your platform.

Each GitHub Release contains many executables, but in practice, you likely want one of these:

  • macOS
    • Apple Silicon/arm64: codex-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
    • x86_64 (older Mac hardware): codex-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
  • Linux
    • x86_64: codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
    • arm64: codex-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

Each archive contains a single entry with the platform baked into the name (e.g., codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl), so you likely want to rename it to codex after extracting it.

Using Codex with your ChatGPT plan

Codex CLI login

Run codex and select Sign in with ChatGPT. We recommend signing into your ChatGPT account to use Codex as part of your Plus, Pro, Team, Edu, or Enterprise plan. Learn more about what's included in your ChatGPT plan.

You can also use Codex with an API key, but this requires additional setup. If you previously used an API key for usage-based billing, see the migration steps. If you're having trouble with login, please comment on this issue.

Model Context Protocol (MCP)

Codex can access MCP servers. To configure them, refer to the config docs.

Configuration

Codex CLI supports a rich set of configuration options, with preferences stored in ~/.codex/config.toml. For full configuration options, see Configuration.


Docs & FAQ


License

This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.