Alpha· Major · Confirmed
Remote plugins switch on by default and Max reasoning becomes first-class
Codex enabled remote plugins by default, promoted Max to a first-class reasoning effort, and fixed a stale TUI buffering prompt.
This changes defaults in two visible places: remote plugin availability and reasoning controls. The TUI also clears a completed safety-buffering prompt correctly.
Alpha release context: 1 official tag was published that UTC day (rust-v0.143.0-alpha.31). The full comparison contains 9 commits and 60 changed files.
Evidence
Remote plugins are enabled by default.Why it matters: Users can encounter remote plugin capabilities without first toggling the earlier opt-in path, subject to policy and availability.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- [codex] Enable remote plugins by default (#30297) commit · Official
- rust-v0.143.0-alpha.29 to rust-v0.143.0-alpha.31 comparison tag-compare · Official
Conflicting sources
No conflicting sources recorded.
Max is treated as a first-class reasoning-effort value.Why it matters: Model controls and callers can represent Max directly instead of handling it as a special case.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- [codex] Treat max as a first-class reasoning effort (#30467) commit · Official
- rust-v0.143.0-alpha.29 to rust-v0.143.0-alpha.31 comparison tag-compare · Official
Conflicting sources
No conflicting sources recorded.
The TUI now clears a safety-buffering prompt after it completes.Why it matters: Users should no longer see that prompt remain on screen after the buffering state has ended.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- fix(tui): clear completed safety buffering prompt (#30490) commit · Official
- rust-v0.143.0-alpha.29 to rust-v0.143.0-alpha.31 comparison tag-compare · Official
Conflicting sources
No conflicting sources recorded.
Availability
Availability note: these sources establish repository and CLI release activity. They do not, by themselves, prove that the same changes were live in Codex Desktop.
Availability by surface
| Surface | Status | Claim-level evidence |
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| CLI | Prerelease · Documented · General |
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| Desktop | Unknown · Unknown · Unknown |
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| IDE | Unknown | No central-claim assertion recorded. |
| Cloud | Unknown | No central-claim assertion recorded. |
| Mobile | Unknown | No central-claim assertion recorded. |