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Add under-development original-resolution view_image support (#13050)
## Summary

Add original-resolution support for `view_image` behind the
under-development `view_image_original_resolution` feature flag.

When the flag is enabled and the target model is `gpt-5.3-codex` or
newer, `view_image` now preserves original PNG/JPEG/WebP bytes and sends
`detail: "original"` to the Responses API instead of using the legacy
resize/compress path.

## What changed

- Added `view_image_original_resolution` as an under-development feature
flag.
- Added `ImageDetail` to the protocol models and support for serializing
`detail: "original"` on tool-returned images.
- Added `PromptImageMode::Original` to `codex-utils-image`.
  - Preserves original PNG/JPEG/WebP bytes.
  - Keeps legacy behavior for the resize path.
- Updated `view_image` to:
- use the shared `local_image_content_items_with_label_number(...)`
helper in both code paths
  - select original-resolution mode only when:
    - the feature flag is enabled, and
    - the model slug parses as `gpt-5.3-codex` or newer
- Kept local user image attachments on the existing resize path; this
change is specific to `view_image`.
- Updated history/image accounting so only `detail: "original"` images
use the docs-based GPT-5 image cost calculation; legacy images still use
the old fixed estimate.
- Added JS REPL guidance, gated on the same feature flag, to prefer JPEG
at 85% quality unless lossless is required, while still allowing other
formats when explicitly requested.
- Updated tests and helper code that construct
`FunctionCallOutputContentItem::InputImage` to carry the new `detail`
field.

## Behavior

### Feature off
- `view_image` keeps the existing resize/re-encode behavior.
- History estimation keeps the existing fixed-cost heuristic.

### Feature on + `gpt-5.3-codex+`
- `view_image` sends original-resolution images with `detail:
"original"`.
- PNG/JPEG/WebP source bytes are preserved when possible.
- History estimation uses the GPT-5 docs-based image-cost calculation
for those `detail: "original"` images.


#### [git stack](https://github.com/magus/git-stack-cli)
- 👉 `1` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/13050
-  `2` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/13331
-  `3` https://github.com/openai/codex/pull/13049
2026-03-03 15:56:54 -08:00
.codex/skills Add PR babysitting skill for this repo (#12513) 2026-02-22 15:36:28 -08:00
.devcontainer chore: install an extension for TOML syntax highlighting in the devcontainer (#1650) 2025-07-22 10:58:09 -07:00
.github Require deduplicator success before commenting (#13399) 2026-03-03 15:32:47 -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 Add under-development original-resolution view_image support (#13050) 2026-03-03 15:56:54 -08:00
docs tui: preserve kill buffer across submit and slash-command clears (#12006) 2026-03-03 02:06:08 +00:00
patches voice transcription (#3381) 2026-02-23 22:15:18 +00:00
scripts Add Windows direct install script (#12741) 2026-03-03 09:25:50 -08:00
sdk/typescript Update pnpm versions to fix cve-2026-24842 (#12009) 2026-02-19 14:27:55 -08:00
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
.bazelignore [bazel] Improve runfiles handling (#10098) 2026-01-29 00:15:44 +00:00
.bazelrc [bazel] Upgrade some rulesets in preparation for enabling windows (#11109) 2026-02-08 13:40:32 -08:00
.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 feat: discourage the use of the --all-features flag (#12429) 2026-02-20 23:02:24 -08:00
announcement_tip.toml nit: test an (#10892) 2026-02-06 14:41:53 +01:00
BUILD.bazel voice transcription (#3381) 2026-02-23 22:15:18 +00:00
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 [bazel] Fix proc_macro_dep libs (#12274) 2026-02-19 13:38:37 -08:00
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 feat: discourage the use of the --all-features flag (#12429) 2026-02-20 23:02:24 -08:00
LICENSE Initial commit 2025-04-16 12:56:08 -04:00
MODULE.bazel voice transcription (#3381) 2026-02-23 22:15:18 +00:00
MODULE.bazel.lock feat: presentation artifact p1 (#13341) 2026-03-03 11:38:03 +00:00
NOTICE Add feature-gated freeform js_repl core runtime (#10674) 2026-02-11 12:05:02 -08:00
package.json Update pnpm versions to fix cve-2026-24842 (#12009) 2026-02-19 14:27:55 -08:00
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 feat: update Docker image digest to reflect #12205 (#12372) 2026-02-24 22:19:46 -08:00
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

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