🔊 Feature Request: Add Optional Sound Notification When a Turn Ends
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Nov 4, 2025 by Mindgames Closed Nov 6, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What feature would you like to see?
Summary
Propose adding an optional feature to have Codex CLI play a short sound when a turn completes.
This would improve user experience during long-running tasks or when multitasking, providing an immediate signal that the assistant has finished responding.
Motivation
When using Codex CLI interactively, especially with complex or long-running model outputs, users often switch to other windows or contexts while waiting for completion.
Currently, there is no non-visual cue that the turn has ended — requiring users to constantly check back.
A simple audio notification would:
• Improve usability for multitasking workflows.
• Reduce idle time between turns.
• Help accessibility for users who rely on auditory cues.
Additional information
Proposed Implementation
- Add a new optional config flag in the CLI (e.g. in .codex/config or via --notify-sound).
- When enabled, play a short system beep or custom sound after Codex finishes generating output for a turn.
- Implementation ideas:
- Use cross-platform audio libraries (e.g. rodio) or system-native sound APIs.
- For minimal setup, even a terminal bell (\a) would be a good MVP.
- Example configuration:
[notifications]
sound_on_turn_end = true
sound_file = "default" # or path to custom sound
- Or configurable towards each workspace
3 Comments
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Thanks for the feature request. This is a duplicate of https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/3962. Please upvote that issue (leave a "thumbs up" reaction) if you'd like to see this feature. If you think that the other issue doesn't completely capture what you're looking for, feel free to add to it. I'm going to close this to reduce duplication.