Codex 0.162.1 Fixes Multi-Line Questions and Startup Feature Checks

Codex rust-v0.162.1 was published on 9 October 2026 at 19:44:51Z by github-actions. The release is a bug-fix tag. The compare range printed on the page is rust-v0.162.0 through rust-v0.162.1. There are two fixes, and both sit on the boundary between the terminal interface and a process that is already running.

The first fix is a TUI crash when asynchronous questions contain multiple lines. The note says the fix preserves line breaks and complete hyperlink destinations, and it cites pull request 51866. A question that wraps is still one question. Dropping the line break, or cutting a link at the wrap, is a display failure, not a model failure. The page does not include a screenshot or a sample question. It names the crash and the two things the repaired renderer keeps.

Feature checks only for explicit overrides

The second fix is about startup. Differences between a running background server's feature settings and CLI defaults were failing startup. Compatibility checks now apply only to explicit command-line feature overrides. That item is pull request 52648. A default that the CLI would have chosen is no longer treated as a mismatch against a server that was started with a different default. An override the user actually passed is still checked. The release page does not list which feature flags were involved.

Source: Codex rust-v0.162.1.