Feature Request: Add optional user notification when Codex completes a task

Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Sep 26, 2025 by jdbrew2 Closed Nov 12, 2025

What feature would you like to see?

Description
It would be helpful if Codex could optionally let the user know when a run is complete. This is especially useful when tasks take a while and the developer has switched focus (e.g. working in Cursor or VS Code).

Proposed solution
• Add a --notify flag to the CLI that shows a system notification when Codex exits.
• Alternatively, print a clear marker (e.g. <<<CODEX_DONE>>>) at the end of execution so external tools can hook into it.

Both options would be backwards-compatible and off by default.

Use case
• Developers running long Codex tasks won’t need to constantly check the terminal/IDE.
• Makes it easier to integrate with editor extensions or shell wrappers that already support notifications.

Next steps
Opening this issue to see if the team is open to the idea. If there’s alignment, I’d be happy to put together a small PR for review.

Are you interested in implementing this feature?

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Additional information

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