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Friday, October 2UTC

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    OpenAICodex 0.162.0-alpha.4Developer

    Codex alpha adds managed worktree tools without moving the current task

    Codex 0.162.0-alpha.4 includes feature-gated worktree creation, status and listing tools for trusted local projects. Creation is asynchronous; task attachments persist across restarts, while the current working directory and uncommitted source changes stay in place. The prerelease also adds sandbox-checked file-write streaming. Its native cloud attach client has no automatic reconnect, and an optional Guardian comparison does not change approvals. These are experimental changes, not universally enabled stable features.

    OpenAI GitHub5 sources

  2. New
    OpenAIGPT-6 production guideDeveloper

    OpenAI publishes a practical GPT-6 guide for production agents and long-running work

    The guide connects model selection with task-level evaluations, caching, compaction, reasoning effort, and explicit instructions about completion and approval. It also explains steering, asynchronous tools, and delegation for long-running work. This is implementation guidance for existing GPT-6 models, not another model launch.

    OpenAI1 source

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Thursday, October 1UTC

  1. New
    OpenAIOpenAI Python SDK 3.23.0Developer

    OpenAI Python SDK adds typed agent answers, file staging and turn artifacts

    The official SDK release adds session-stream answer helpers, file staging and artifact downloads. It also exposes typed application actions as beta agent tools. These client-library additions do not grant organization access to the underlying APIs or remove approval requirements.

    OpenAI1 source

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    OpenAICodex 0.162.0-alpha.1Developer

    Codex alpha adds gated subagent tool inheritance and keeps user restrictions in handoffs

    Codex 0.162.0-alpha.1 contains a disabled-by-default flag that lets fresh V2 subagents inherit client-defined dynamic tools without copying parent history. Its reviewed changes also retain root user restrictions in Guardian handoff context, subject to existing message limits, and follow MCP tool-list pagination in legacy protocol mode. These are verified prerelease implementation changes, not universally enabled capabilities or a new model.

    OpenAI GitHub4 sources

  3. New
    OpenAICodex 0.160.0Developer

    Stable Codex adds opt-in Guardian history and safer session recovery

    Codex 0.160.0 ships opt-in Guardian retrieval of earlier user instructions and handoff-aware review context. Both features are disabled by default and remain bounded by current parent policy. The stable release also restores saved session permissions, supports projectless sessions when policy permits, and resumes unsent queued messages only after uncertain submissions are resolved. This is a stable release, distinct from the newer experimental alpha line.

    OpenAI GitHub3 sources

  4. New
    OpenAICodex 0.161.0-alpha.13Developer

    Codex alpha renews enterprise MCP credentials without replaying refused operations

    A merged change in Codex alpha.13 adds renewable enterprise MCP HTTP authentication. It confines bearer tokens to the configured endpoint, rejects redirects, serializes renewals and supports revocation. A 401 becomes an authentication-required error instead of automatically replaying the operation; delayed failures preserve newer credentials. The artifact also repairs asynchronous Guardian context ordering. These are prerelease reliability changes, not general access or a new model.

    OpenAI GitHub3 sources

  5. New
    OpenAICodex 0.161.0-alpha.11Developer

    Codex alpha adds per-turn Cyber access selection and richer delegation reviews

    The October 1 Codex alpha artifact includes an experimental per-turn Cyber access-program option for exec and the TypeScript SDK. Merged changes validate program access and filter it for the built-in OpenAI provider. Guardian sender reviews gain preceding assistant context, explicitly treated as untrusted context rather than authorization. Temporary structured threads also inherit the server's approval policy.

    openai/codex4 sources

  6. New
    OpenAIChatGPT camera ScanDeveloper

    ChatGPT camera can combine a multi-page scan into one PDF

    Scan mode combines successive camera captures into a PDF for a chat upload. OpenAI says the feature is rolling out on iOS.

    OpenAI1 source

Wednesday, September 30UTC

  1. New
    OpenAICodex CLI 0.159.3Developer

    Codex 0.159.3 adds optional account-security reminders for eligible local sessions

    The stable Codex CLI patch can show optional reminders to complete account-security setup in eligible local sessions signed in with ChatGPT. Its published notes do not introduce a new model, mandatory security enrollment or a universal reminder for every account.

    OpenAI GitHub1 source

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    OpenAIModel reasoning securityDeveloper

    OpenAI reports a coordinated campaign to extract protected model reasoning

    OpenAI says it disrupted a campaign using model interactions to extract protected reasoning and attributes a core cluster to individuals associated with Moonshot AI. The attribution and counts are OpenAI's assessment. Its report distinguishes the activity from a database breach or direct access to stored user conversations and describes replay protections and partner coordination.

    OpenAI1 source

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