OpenAI released Codex CLI 0.167.0 as a stable build on November 6, tagged at 01:40 UTC and listed the same day in the ChatGPT and Codex changelog. It is a release about managing and recovering agent work, not about a new model — the notes carry no benchmarks or productivity figures.

Running `codex agents --no-daemon` now opens the agent command center without a background daemon, and both the command center and the session picker mark sessions with unread results, so finished background work stands out. The session picker can switch between connected backends while keeping drafts, saved chats stay readable after a provider change, supported terminals preview local images while composing, and patch details can be expanded during approval prompts.

Two pieces stay gated. A Google Cloud Vertex AI setup wizard sits behind the `gcp_setup_wizard` flag, under 'Sign in another way,' and system-proxy support on macOS and Windows remains opt-in and experimental.