Codex CLI version bug

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 23, 2026 by leon37 Closed Apr 23, 2026

What issue are you seeing?

After installing the latest Codex CLI from npm, the installed package version is 0.123.0, but codex --version reports codex-cli 0.114.0.

What variant of Codex are you using?

Codex CLI

What operating system are you using?

Ubuntu/Linux

Steps to reproduce

  1. Install or upgrade Codex CLI:

npm i -g @openai/codex@latest

  1. Check installed package version:

npm ls -g @openai/codex --depth=0

  1. Check package.json version:

node -p "require('/home/litao/.nvm/versions/node/v20.20.0/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/package.json').version"

  1. Check CLI version output:

codex --version

Expected behavior

codex --version should report 0.123.0.

Actual behavior

codex --version reports:
codex-cli 0.114.0

Additional information

Output:

$ npm ls -g @openai/codex --depth=0
/home/litao/.nvm/versions/node/v20.20.0/lib
└── @openai/codex@0.123.0

$ node -p "require('/home/litao/.nvm/versions/node/v20.20.0/lib/node_modules/@openai/codex/package.json').version"
0.123.0

$ codex --version
codex-cli 0.114.0

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