codex `update` starts conversation instead of updating
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Aug 8, 2025 by collinbentley1 Closed Oct 27, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (seratch, member)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.14.0
Which model were you using?
codex-mini-latest
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.0.0 arm64 arm
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Install non-latest version of codex-cli
- Run
codex updateas specified in README.md - Observe
updateis passed as user input, rather than triggering update
What is the expected behavior?
codex update begins CLI update
What do you see instead?
Collin@Collins-Laptop ~ % codex --version
codex-cli 0.14.0
Collin@Collins-Laptop ~ % codex update
OpenAI Codex v0.14.0 (research preview)
codex session a7ed2520-a4f3-407f-8e1c-fc53a6ecb716
workdir: /Users/Collin
model: codex-mini-latest
provider: openai
approval: on-request
sandbox: workspace-write (network access enabled)
reasoning effort: medium
reasoning summaries: auto
user
update
codex
Sure thing 😊 What would you like to update today? ✨
Additional information
_No response_
3 Comments
Since
codexdoes not haveupdatesub command as of now, please use eithernpm -g i @openai/codex@latestorbrew upgrade codex(on macOS).See also:
>
> _Originally posted by @seratch in https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/2653#issuecomment-3218553843_
As noted above, codex doesn't have an
updatesubcommand.We've recently added code to detect when an update is available to help automate the upgrade process.