New Features

• •Open /config to search preferences across categories, change supported settings immediately, and see which changes require a restart. (#52990, #53429)
• •Send a follow-up while Codex is responding to steer it immediately. Interrupting a turn also stops active Code Mode cells and their nested tool calls. (#51812, #51835)
• •Configure a leader key in /keymap. The default is Ctrl+X, shortcut hints stay open until you choose or cancel, and voice mute moves to F9. (#52273)
• •Restart a managed background server from /daemon. Codex warns about work the restart could interrupt, then reconnects automatically. (#53173)
• •Codex can run independent read-only tools in parallel, including skill, memory, and conversation-history lookups. (#52245)
• •Daybreak is enabled by default for eligible accounts. codex exec can also select it with an OpenAI API key when the server offers access. (#53701, #53717)

Bug Fixes

• •Resuming a saved thread restores its permissions and network approvals, while respecting explicit overrides and current managed policy. (#53150, #53419, #53424)
• •The network proxy now checks permission before a DNS lookup, rejects duplicate Host headers, and prevents credential aliases from bypassing inspection hooks. (#51650, #52661, #53506)
• •Return to an existing side conversation with /side after switching threads. Answers to pending prompts also go back to the thread that asked. (#52184, #53436)
• •On Windows, Ctrl+V and Shift+Insert paste text as well as images. On WSL, repeated pastes reuse the clipboard reader, and copy attempts time out instead of hanging. (#53224, #52967, #53453)
• •Local commands finish promptly when a child keeps an output pipe open. Remote commands preserve late-arriving output so the final poll can still collect it. (#52652, #53331, #53622)
• •codex exec no longer prints the same file diff again after an unrelated command. (#53444)