Alpha· Major · Confirmed
Image generation becomes the default extension
Codex defaults to its image-generation extension, pauses consistently for Code Mode approvals, and preserves proxies for Responses WebSockets.
Image generation moves into the default extension set. Code Mode also pauses consistently for approvals, while Responses WebSocket connections retain the configured system proxy.
Alpha release context: 2 official tags were published that UTC day (rust-v0.144.0-alpha.4, rust-v0.145.0-alpha.1). The full comparison contains 43 commits and at least 300 changed files.
Evidence
The image-generation extension is used by default.Why it matters: Image generation is available through the default extension path rather than requiring separate enablement.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- Use the image generation extension by default (#31596) commit · Official
- rust-v0.144.0-alpha.2 to rust-v0.145.0-alpha.1 comparison tag-compare · Official
Conflicting sources
No conflicting sources recorded.
All Code Mode approvals trigger an elicitation pause.Why it matters: Execution waits at the approval boundary instead of allowing some Code Mode approval paths to proceed without the same pause behavior.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- code-mode: make all approvals trigger elicitation pause (#31650) commit · Official
- rust-v0.144.0-alpha.2 to rust-v0.145.0-alpha.1 comparison tag-compare · Official
Conflicting sources
No conflicting sources recorded.
Responses WebSocket connections preserve the system proxy configuration.Why it matters: WebSocket-based Responses traffic can continue through the same system proxy expected by managed or proxied environments.
Direct evidence · Confirmed
Supporting sources
- core: preserve Responses WebSockets with system proxy (#31441) commit · Official
- rust-v0.144.0-alpha.2 to rust-v0.145.0-alpha.1 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. |