Agent IDE — Codex fork for AI-native development environment
Find a file
Ahmed Ibrahim 4d9d4b7b0f
Stabilize approval matrix write-file command (#14968)
## What is flaky
The approval-matrix `WriteFile` scenario is flaky. It sometimes fails in
CI even though the approval logic is unchanged, because the test
delegates the file write and readback to shell parsing instead of
deterministic file I/O.

## Why it was flaky
The test generated a command shaped like `printf ... > file && cat
file`. That means the scenario depended on shell quoting, redirection,
newline handling, and encoding behavior in addition to the approval
system it was actually trying to validate. If the shell interpreted the
payload differently, the test would report an approval failure even
though the product logic was fine.

That also made failures hard to diagnose, because the test did not log
the exact generated command or the parsed result payload.

## How this PR fixes it
This PR replaces the shell-redirection path with a deterministic
`python3 -c` script that writes the file with `Path.write_text(...,
encoding='utf-8')` and then reads it back with the same UTF-8 path. It
also logs the generated command and the resulting exit code/stdout for
the approval scenario so any future failure is directly attributable.

## Why this fix fixes the flakiness
The scenario no longer depends on shell parsing and redirection
semantics. The file contents are produced and read through explicit
UTF-8 file I/O, so the approval test is measuring approval behavior
instead of shell behavior. The added diagnostics mean a future failure
will show the exact command/result pair instead of looking like a
generic intermittent mismatch.

Co-authored-by: Ahmed Ibrahim <219906144+aibrahim-oai@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Codex <noreply@openai.com>
2026-03-17 13:52:36 -07:00
.codex/skills Add PR babysitting skill for this repo (#12513) 2026-02-22 15:36:28 -08:00
.devcontainer fix: include libcap-dev dependency when creating a devcontainer for building Codex (#13814) 2026-03-06 16:21:14 -08:00
.github fix: tighten up shell arg quoting in GitHub workflows (#14864) 2026-03-16 22:01:16 -07:00
.vscode chore: rm --all-features flag from rust-analyzer (#13381) 2026-03-03 11:44:54 -08:00
codex-cli Update pnpm versions to fix cve-2026-24842 (#12009) 2026-02-19 14:27:55 -08:00
codex-rs Stabilize approval matrix write-file command (#14968) 2026-03-17 13:52:36 -07:00
docs client: extend custom CA handling across HTTPS and websocket clients (#14239) 2026-03-13 00:59:26 +00:00
patches [bazel] Bump up cc and rust toolchains (#14542) 2026-03-13 18:01:38 +00:00
scripts check for large binaries in CI (#14382) 2026-03-11 22:39:08 +00:00
sdk feat: support remote_sync for plugin install/uninstall. (#14878) 2026-03-16 21:37:27 -07:00
shell-tool-mcp refactor: delete exec-server and move execve wrapper into shell-escalation (#12632) 2026-02-23 20:10:22 -08:00
third_party Add feature-gated freeform js_repl core runtime (#10674) 2026-02-11 12:05:02 -08:00
tools/argument-comment-lint Apply argument comment lint across codex-rs (#14652) 2026-03-16 16:48:15 -07:00
.bazelignore [bazel] Improve runfiles handling (#10098) 2026-01-29 00:15:44 +00:00
.bazelrc [bazel] Bump up cc and rust toolchains (#14542) 2026-03-13 18:01:38 +00:00
.bazelversion [bazel] Upgrade to bazel9 (#9576) 2026-01-21 13:25:36 +00:00
.codespellignore feat(network-proxy): structured policy signaling and attempt correlation to core (#11662) 2026-02-13 09:01:11 +00:00
.codespellrc feat(network-proxy): structured policy signaling and attempt correlation to core (#11662) 2026-02-13 09:01:11 +00:00
.gitignore gitignore bazel-* (#8911) 2026-01-08 07:50:58 -08:00
.markdownlint-cli2.yaml fix(tui): document paste-burst state machine (#9020) 2026-01-13 11:48:31 -08:00
.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 Move TUI on top of app server (parallel code) (#14717) 2026-03-16 10:49:19 -06:00
announcement_tip.toml nit: test an (#10892) 2026-02-06 14:41:53 +01:00
BUILD.bazel fix(ci): restore guardian coverage and bazel unit tests (#13912) 2026-03-08 12:05:19 -07:00
CHANGELOG.md Documentation improvement: add missing period (#3754) 2025-10-30 13:01:33 -07:00
cliff.toml docs(changelog): update install command to @openai/codex@<version> (#2073) 2025-10-18 11:02:22 -07:00
defs.bzl fix(ci): restore guardian coverage and bazel unit tests (#13912) 2026-03-08 12:05:19 -07:00
flake.lock fix(nix): update flake for newer Rust toolchain requirements (#10302) 2026-01-31 11:34:53 -08:00
flake.nix fix(nix): use correct version from Cargo.toml in flake build (#11770) 2026-02-13 12:19:25 -08:00
justfile Add argument-comment Dylint runner (#14651) 2026-03-14 08:18:04 -07:00
LICENSE Initial commit 2025-04-16 12:56:08 -04:00
MODULE.bazel [bazel] Bump up cc and rust toolchains (#14542) 2026-03-13 18:01:38 +00:00
MODULE.bazel.lock [bazel] Bump up cc and rust toolchains (#14542) 2026-03-13 18:01:38 +00:00
NOTICE Add feature-gated freeform js_repl core runtime (#10674) 2026-02-11 12:05:02 -08:00
package.json start of hooks engine (#13276) 2026-03-10 04:11:31 +00:00
pnpm-lock.yaml chore: ensure pnpm-workspace.yaml is up-to-date (#10140) 2026-01-29 10:49:03 -08:00
pnpm-workspace.yaml chore: ensure pnpm-workspace.yaml is up-to-date (#10140) 2026-01-29 10:49:03 -08:00
rbe.bzl [bazel] Bump rules_rs and llvm (#13366) 2026-03-04 01:59:32 +00:00
README.md docs: mention Codex app in README intro (#11926) 2026-02-16 17:35:05 +01:00
SECURITY.md docs: add codex security policy (#12193) 2026-02-19 09:12:59 -08:00
workspace_root_test_launcher.bat.tpl fix(ci): restore guardian coverage and bazel unit tests (#13912) 2026-03-08 12:05:19 -07:00
workspace_root_test_launcher.sh.tpl fix(ci): restore guardian coverage and bazel unit tests (#13912) 2026-03-08 12:05:19 -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.

Codex CLI splash


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


Quickstart

Installing and running Codex CLI

Install globally with your preferred package manager:

# Install using npm
npm install -g @openai/codex
# Install using Homebrew
brew install --cask codex

Then simply run codex to get started.

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

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.

Docs

This repository is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.