/model persists current selection to config.toml; clarify or make session-scoped
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Jun 5, 2026 by zxfxpower Closed Jun 5, 2026
What I observed
When switching model with /model in the TUI, the selected model is written to ~/.codex/config.toml.
I had expected /model to behave as a session control (temporary switch), while config.toml is usually treated as a persistent default.
Why this is a problem
- Unexpected global side effect from a session command
- Low-risk one-off model experimentation can silently change future sessions
- Harder to reason about model behavior across sessions
Reproduction
- Start Codex
- Run
/modeland select a different model - Confirm
~/.codex/config.tomlcontains updatedmodel
Expected behavior
- Keep
/modelsession-scoped by default, or - Make persistence explicit and documented
Suggested fix
- Add an explicit scope contract for
/model(session vs persisted) - If persistence is intended, make it obvious in UI/docs and provide explicit save semantics (e.g.
/model --save) - If session-scoped is intended, revert persistent write to config.toml
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