The Codex windows app should NOT ship with beta Codex CLI, the Codex Beta app is here for that
Open 💬 0 comments Opened Jun 22, 2026 by EDM115
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.616.51431
What subscription do you have?
Pro 5x
What platform is your computer?
Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26200.0 x64
What issue are you seeing?
When installing the Codex app from the Microsoft store, I expect it to ship the latest stable Codex CLI.
However it does ship with the alpha build. What is the point of having a beta app then ??
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Install the stable Codex app
- Run
& "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\OpenAI.Codex_26.616.6631.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0\app\resources\codex.exe" --version - Notice it's a non-stable version reported (
codex-cli 0.142.0-alpha.6) - Compare that to for ex the WinGet package with
& "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Microsoft\WinGet\Packages\OpenAI.Codex_Microsoft.Winget.Source_8wekyb3d8bbwe\codex-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.exe" --version, which is the latest stable (codex-cli 0.141.0)
What is the expected behavior?
The stable Codex app should ship with the stable codex binary, the Beta app with the alpha binary.
Additional information
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