Codex CLI v0.162.0 adds managed Git worktrees

Codex CLI v0.162.0 can create and list Git worktrees for you. The tools work in trusted local projects, once the worktrees feature is turned on.

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openai/codex · release notes rust-v0.162.0 · #50148

Create List Trusted local projects

A new worktree attaches to the task that asked for it and survives restarts. It starts from the remote's default branch, and your uncommitted changes stay where they are.

In the agent Command Center, press P to pin a task. Pinned tasks sit first, in a shared Pinned group. Pinning needs a server that supports shared sections.

In the transcript.

Type /copy and Codex selects its latest response. Move between messages, code blocks and quotes with the arrow keys or J and K, then press Enter to copy.

Control Insert now copies text you selected inside Codex. Windows Terminal sends that shortcut when it has no selection of its own, so its Copy action works too.

The mouse wheel now scrolls the transcript one row per step instead of three. If that feels slow, a new setting controls the speed, and fractions work too.

Links are now clickable in approval headers, questions and verification prompts, in MCP server prompts, and in warnings and banners, even when the link wraps onto a second line.

Models and Code Mode.

A new thread in the terminal now takes its model and reasoning summary defaults from the server. A model or reasoning effort you choose at launch still wins.

If you run Codex against your own Responses compatible provider, you can now keep its web search off the live web. You can also pick remote or local compaction.

Code Mode gets two JavaScript helpers for a batch of promises. Instead of waiting for all of them, the model gets each result, fulfilled or rejected, the moment it settles.

Code Mode can now search its deferred tools and get them back ranked by relevance. It's off by default, and works only on models that support tool search.

Sandbox and fixes.

On Linux, the sandbox starts again when several files are denied. It refuses a bubblewrap program the sandbox could overwrite. And your ripgrep settings can't leave denied files unmasked.

Patching a file with Windows line endings used to convert them unless you opted in. Now apply_patch always keeps them, and the old setting is gone.

On Windows, ordinary drive letter paths open again on Windows 10. Sandbox temp permissions match the folder the process actually uses. And the PowerShell installer verifies its checksum again.

When a failed request or WebSocket error says when to try again, Codex now waits that long and retries. Usage limits, and rate limits without that advice, still end the turn.

The release notes list every change. You'll find them on the Codex releases page on GitHub, under v0.162.0.