Add an option to hide the interactive TUI startup banner
What feature would you like to see?
Please add a supported way to hide the interactive Codex CLI startup banner/header/top box that appears on a fresh codex TUI start and says OpenAI Codex.
Possible surfaces:
- config:
hide_startup_banner = true - CLI flag:
--no-startup-banner
The default behavior can stay unchanged; this would be an opt-in for users who prefer a quieter TUI start or already have their terminal/session context visible elsewhere.
Current behavior
On codex-cli 0.142.5, starting the interactive CLI shows the startup chrome. codex --no-alt-screen changes terminal alternate-screen behavior and preserves scrollback, but it does not remove this banner/header.
Why this is useful
This is mostly a small UX preference, but it matters for users who launch Codex frequently, use terminal multiplexers, or keep their own session/project context in the terminal. A supported option would avoid brittle local wrapper or binary patch workarounds.
Related but not the same
#22047 requested codex exec --quiet for the non-interactive config summary banner and was closed as not planned. This request is narrower: the interactive TUI startup banner/header on fresh codex start.