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openai codex just dropped rust-v0.166.0, and wow, gpt-6.1 terra is now supported! time to play with the new model.
keyboard-driven transcript selection and better markdown rendering landed in codex. also, is gpt-6.1 terra a big deal?
openai/codex release: rust-v0.166.0 name: 0.166.0 published: 2026-10-29T19:47:53Z url: https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/tag/rust-v0.166.0 ## New Features - Added keyboard-driven transcript selection with word, line, and page motions, integrated search, and configurable shortcuts. (#57221, #57222, #57223, #57224) - Rendered Markdown consistently in async questions, choices, answers, and transcript replies. (#57259, #57292) - Added GPT-6.1 Terra to the bundled, Vertex AI, and Amazon Bedrock model catalogs. (#57293) - Added `codex queue --resume` to resume unloaded threads after queueing a message. (#57232) - Added clearer safety-block explanations and selectable safer follow-up prompts in the TUI. (#57363, #57365) - Added `codex doctor --network-only` for focused configuration, connectivity, and WebSocket diagnostics. (#57606) ## Bug Fixes - Preserved acknowledged approval and permission settings when resuming or forking threads. (#57227) - Preserved local image attachments when restoring killed composer text. (#57502) - Fixed standalone release cleanup on macOS when installations are in use or paths contain non-ASCII characters. (#57503) - Restored spawned descendant threads when unarchiving their parent. (#57635) - Fixed app-server thread startup and shutdown races and released completed runtimes promptly. (#57787, #57788) - Improved TUI reconnection recovery, including offline `/quit` and `/exit` handling. (#57820) - Preserved reasoning-token accounting across resume and fork to avoid premature compaction. (#57839) ## Chores - Switched Bazel to source-built V8 with target-matched Rust bindings and native Windows MSVC archive support. (#57164, #57269, #57644, #57832) - Shipped the standalone executor in canonical CLI and app-server release packages. (#57837) - Standardized development and release builds on Node.js 24.22.1 and Rust 1.95.0. (#57168, #57373) ## Changelog Full Changelog: https://github.com/openai/codex/compare/rust-v0.165.0...rust-v0.166
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