Image: OpenAI / techtimes.com Codex CLI 0.142: Remote Goes GA, Indexed Web Search, a /usage Command, and QR-Paired Phone Control
OpenAI's Codex CLI releases from the past week add Codex Remote general availability for all paid plans, indexed web search mode, configurable token budgets, and a new /usage command. Codex CLI 0.142.5 shipped today.
The past ten days of Codex CLI releases have been the most feature-dense stretch in a while. The headline is Codex Remote hitting general availability on June 25. But 0.142.0, which shipped June 22, also added indexed web search, configurable token budgets, and scheduled time reminders that have been on the wishlist for a while.
Here’s what landed across 0.142.0 through 0.142.5.
Codex Remote Is Now GA for All Paid Plans
Codex Remote lets you control an agent session running on your Mac or Windows machine from the ChatGPT mobile app. You can start work, approve actions, steer direction, and review progress from your phone. It replaces the earlier open-shell remote approach with an authenticated QR relay.
The QR pairing is the important change. Each mobile device gets a one-to-one authenticated connection to each host machine. The development machine never needs to be accessible on the public internet; the relay handles the routing. That closes the most obvious concern with remote agent access.
GA means it’s now available on all paid ChatGPT plans: Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education. The beta was limited to Pro.
The release also added a DigitalOcean Droplet Workspace plugin, which lets Codex provision a DigitalOcean Droplet, configure SSH access, and connect it as a remote workspace from the Codex app.
/usage Command
The 0.142.0 release added a /usage command for viewing and redeeming rate-limit reset credits directly inside a Codex session. Before this, figuring out where you stood on usage required going to the API console. Now you can check from the CLI and redeem credits without leaving your terminal.
Alongside that, you can now set configurable token budgets that track usage across agent threads. Useful if you’re running long sessions and want to avoid surprises at the end of the month.
Indexed Web Search Mode
Web search in Codex now has an indexed mode that restricts access to a list of server-approved URLs. For organizations that want to let agents pull in documentation or reference material without giving them open access to arbitrary web content, this is a meaningful option.
Standard web search (unrestricted) stays available. The indexed mode is opt-in.
Other 0.142 Changes
The /plugins view was reorganized into curated, workspace, and shared sections. MCP tools now use tool search by default rather than listing everything at once. macOS authentication clients added system proxy support, including PAC and WPAD resolution.
0.142.1 brought Windows system proxy support with equivalent coverage: PAC, WPAD, static proxies, and bypass rules.
0.142.5, which shipped today, fixed an issue where full WebSocket request payloads were being written to trace logs. Minor, but worth noting for anyone who pipes trace output to shared logging infrastructure.
Update
Run npm install -g @openai/[email protected] to get the latest. The Codex CLI changelog has the full list of changes for each version.
Source: Codex changelog, TechTimes, TheRouter.ai