Codex CLI keeps prompting to update after successful update (0.141.0 → 0.142.4)

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jul 1, 2026 by Romanyvol Closed Jul 11, 2026

What version of Codex CLI is running?

0.141.0

What subscription do you have?

plus

Which model were you using?

gpt-5.5-codex

What platform is your computer?

windows11

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

PowerShell

Codex doctor report

What issue are you seeing?

Every time I launch Codex CLI, it reports that an update is available:

Update available
0.141.0 -> 0.142.4

I select Update, the update completes successfully, and the CLI asks me to restart.

However, after restarting, the exact same update notification appears again.

The update seems to succeed, but the CLI continues to believe it is running version 0.141.0.

After investigating, I found that the package itself has already been updated to 0.142.4, but the CLI still reports version 0.141.0 and repeatedly asks to update.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

  1. Install Codex CLI in a portable directory (my installation is under C:\CodexDebug\node).
  1. Launch Codex CLI.
  1. The CLI reports:
Update available
0.141.0 -> 0.142.4
  1. Select Update.
  1. Wait until the update finishes successfully.
  1. Restart Codex CLI.
  1. The exact same update notification appears again.

Additionally:

.\node\codex.cmd --version

still reports:

codex-cli 0.141.0

even though the installed package is already 0.142.4.

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

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