Alpha· Major · Confirmed
Code Mode switches to hosted execution by default
Code Mode changed its default host while authentication, proxy, terminal, and Windows sandbox behavior were tightened.
The default execution path changed in this window: Code Mode now prefers the hosted path. Supporting work adds externally supplied authentication and hardens how terminal input is rendered.
Alpha release context: 2 official tags were published that UTC day (rust-v0.144.0-alpha.1, rust-v0.144.0-alpha.2). The full comparison contains 35 commits and 258 changed files.
Evidence
Hosted execution becomes the default Code Mode host.Why it matters: Code Mode sessions now prefer the hosted execution path unless configuration or availability selects another host.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- code-mode: move to hosted mode by default (#31500) commit · Official
- rust-v0.143.0-alpha.39 to rust-v0.144.0-alpha.2 comparison tag-compare · Official
Conflicting sources
No conflicting sources recorded.
Codex can accept externally provided authentication.Why it matters: Managed hosts can supply Codex authentication through an external integration instead of requiring the built-in login path.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- [codex] Add externally provided Codex auth (#31274) commit · Official
- rust-v0.143.0-alpha.39 to rust-v0.144.0-alpha.2 comparison tag-compare · Official
Conflicting sources
No conflicting sources recorded.
Terminal control characters are sanitized in user messages.Why it matters: Untrusted control sequences should not be rendered directly when terminal-derived content appears as a user message.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- tui: sanitize terminal controls in user messages (#31494) commit · Official
- rust-v0.143.0-alpha.39 to rust-v0.144.0-alpha.2 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. |