Codex CLI 0.160.0 lands: agent command center, X11 paste, projectless sessions, Guardian review

#What shipped

OpenAI's Codex CLI 0.160.0 is out as a stable release. Four new features headline the update:

• Agent command center: browse older tasks with a keyboard-accessible "Show more" action
• X11 copy: select transcript text and paste with middle-click in fullscreen mode on supported local Linux X11 terminals
• Sessions outside a project: start with workspace defaults when policy permits, and restore saved permissions on resume
• Guardian review: opt-in capabilities to retrieve earlier user instructions and include context from agent handoffs

#Fixes and polish

• Queued messages that were never sent now resume after a reconnection without duplicate sends
• Terminal UI preserves server provider, reasoning-summary, and verbosity settings, and shows correct sessions in resume/fork history
• Windows sandbox fixes: PowerShell fallbacks, long-path permission repairs, suppressed console windows from background helpers
• Subagents retain environments still starting and receive their configuration or preparation failures
• SQLite stall fixes during connection setup and logging; explicit provider model catalogs no longer include unsupported bundled models

#Verified

Verified 2026-10-03 against the official release notes at https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.160.0 — every feature and fix above is from those notes, nothing inferred.

Source links: https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.160.0 and https://dev.to/aicoding-guide/this-week-in-claude-code-codex-and-gemini-cli-week-of-october-4-2026-3h6o

#What happened

Codex CLI 0.160.0 was released as a stable release with the features listed above.

#Why it matters

The update adds an agent command center, X11 copy support, projectless sessions, and opt-in Guardian review.