Can't disable personality in experimental menu, option doesn't exist
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Feb 6, 2026 by MisterRound Closed Apr 28, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What version of Codex CLI is running?
v0.98.0
What subscription do you have?
Pro
Which model were you using?
gpt-5.3-codex
What platform is your computer?
Linux 6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 x86_64 x86_64
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Windows Terminal Version: 1.23.13503.0
What issue are you seeing?
<img width="1352" height="267" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b61e83f0-2b13-4e62-bde9-cdd9fafaf0ea" />
<img width="1292" height="271" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b92824fa-5184-4772-945b-e0c16fb63838" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Type /experimental
What is the expected behavior?
I expect the option to exist.
<img width="1352" height="267" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b61e83f0-2b13-4e62-bde9-cdd9fafaf0ea" />
Additional information
_No response_
5 Comments
Thanks for the bug report. This feature is no longer experimental, so it has been removed from the experimental menu. I'll update the tip to remove the now-inaccurate "Disable in /experimental."
There's no "none" option in personality tab either, I had to manually do it via config... or am I actually doing nothing and just defaulting it to pragmatic?
See this post for context.
Just noting the "None" option promised by the linked post is neither present in codex-cli nor the codex app as of the latest version on April 27th. Also, did you guys rerun all of the coding-related benchmarks in the GPT-5.5 announcement blog using both personality prompts to ensure all of the instructions there don't negatively affect performance?
Yes, we ended up removing "none" as an option. It wasn't needed for the reasons explained in the linked post.