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Stable release· Major · Confirmed

Stable 0.144 makes Code Mode and authentication more dependable

The 0.144 line enables interactive MCP authentication and repairs standalone Code Mode installation and fallback paths.

  • Feature
  • MCP
  • Auth
  • CLI

Two stable tags landed on the same UTC day. Together they make authentication elicitation a default capability and harden Code Mode so packaged installs can find the companion host or fall back to the embedded runtime.

Stable release context: 2 official tags were published that UTC day (rust-v0.144.0, rust-v0.144.1). The full comparison contains 83 commits and at least 300 changed files.

Evidence

MCP authentication elicitation is enabled by default.Why it matters: MCP tools can ask users to authenticate interactively without requiring the earlier experimental opt-in.

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Standalone installers tolerate compact or reordered GitHub release metadata.Why it matters: Install and update flows are less likely to fail because a release response uses a different valid JSON layout.

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Code Mode falls back to the embedded runtime when its external process host cannot be resolved.Why it matters: Code Mode can continue working instead of failing outright when the companion binary is unavailable.

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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

SurfaceStatusClaim-level evidence
CLIStable · Documented · General
DesktopUnknown · Unknown · Unknown
IDEUnknownNo central-claim assertion recorded.
CloudUnknownNo central-claim assertion recorded.
MobileUnknownNo central-claim assertion recorded.