Inconsistent versioning

What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?

All

What subscription do you have?

Plus

What platform is your computer?

macOS

What issue are you seeing?

Version metadata and release identifiers for Codex Desktop are not stable enough for managed-estate use.

From an infrastructure and endpoint-management perspective, versioning is tier-1 product data. It drives inventory, update detection, compliance, deployment policy, rollback, reporting, and automation. When the app exposes inconsistent version formats across local bundle metadata, appcast/update sources, and public release channels, it materially increases the cost of operating the software.

In practical terms, this means Codex requires custom exception handling in management tooling where well-behaved software would not. That added operational cost is enough to block or disqualify broad deployment in managed environments, regardless of the app’s functional quality.

If Codex is intended to be deployable beyond ad hoc individual use, it needs one stable, canonical, machine-readable versioning scheme applied consistently across:

local app bundle metadata
update feed/appcast metadata
public release channels
any API or download metadata used for release distribution
Without that consistency, the product is expensive to automate and difficult to trust in estate management. That is a deployment blocker, not a cosmetic concern.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Try parsing your version feed(s) with python or anything else.

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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