Codex Desktop reports stale or incorrect 0.132 version while running 0.142.x
EDIT: ME problem, sorry.
What happened?
Codex Desktop / GUI reports that I am using version 0.132, but I cannot find that version anywhere on the machine. The installed and running Codex binaries appear to be 0.142.x instead.
This looks like either a stale value in the GUI or the UI is showing a different internal component version without making that clear.
Expected behavior
The GUI should either:
- show the active Codex agent/CLI version that is actually being used, or
- clearly label which component the displayed version belongs to.
Actual behavior
The GUI says I am using 0.132, but local inspection shows newer versions:
codex --version
codex-cli 0.142.2
Global npm package:
@openai/codex@0.142.2
Codex Desktop app package:
Name: OpenAI.Codex
Version: 26.623.11225.0
PackageFullName: OpenAI.Codex_26.623.11225.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0
The Windows Store app is running this app-server process:
C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\OpenAI.Codex_26.623.11225.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0\app\resources\codex.exe app-server --analytics-default-enabled
That protected WindowsApps binary could not be executed directly from PowerShell due to WindowsApps permissions, but its SHA256 hash matches this local copied binary:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\OpenAI\Codex\bin\ea1c60319a1dcb19\codex.exe
Running that copied binary reports:
codex-cli 0.142.5
The stored Codex version cache also reports:
{latest_version:0.142.5,last_checked_at:2026-07-02T15:06:23.939761400Z,dismissed_version:0.107.0}
There is also an older cached binary at:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\OpenAI\Codex\bin\codex.exe
which reports:
codex-cli 0.130.0-alpha.5
but I did not find 0.132 in the checked configs/caches.
Other installed Codex-related components
VS Code extension:
openai.chatgpt-26.623.81905-win32-x64
bundled codex: 0.142.5
Cursor extension:
openai.chatgpt-26.616.32156-win32-x64
bundled codex: 0.142.0-alpha.1
Search performed
I searched the likely Codex/OpenAI config and cache locations for 0.132, including:
%USERPROFILE%\.codex
%LOCALAPPDATA%\OpenAI\Codex
%LOCALAPPDATA%\OpenAI\extension
VS Code OpenAI/Codex extension folder
Cursor OpenAI/Codex extension folder
No relevant occurrence of 0.132 was found outside unrelated open issue search results.
Environment
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home
Windows version: 10.0.26200
Windows build: 26200
Codex Desktop package: OpenAI.Codex_26.623.11225.0_x64__2p2nqsd0c76g0
Terminal Codex CLI: 0.142.2
Codex Desktop bundled agent: appears to be 0.142.5
Why this matters
The version shown in the GUI is the first place I would look when debugging or reporting issues. If it shows 0.132 while the actual running binaries are 0.142.x, it makes it hard to know which version should be reported and whether the app is up to date.