Opt-In Completion Ding when Codex is Idle
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Dec 21, 2025 by JudeMurphy Closed Dec 21, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What feature would you like to see?
I’d like an optional, experimental feature that plays a subtle terminal bell when a turn completes and Codex is waiting for input. This helps when multitasking or when output finishes off‑screen, and provides a lightweight “ready for next prompt” cue without changing UI layout.
Proposed behavior:
- Feature flag, default off (e.g., [features].prompt_complete_ding = true).
- Trigger only when a turn finishes and no queued user input auto‑starts a new turn.
- TUI only, emits a standard terminal bell (BEL / \x07).
- Exposed in /experimental menu with a short name/description.
- Should be safe/no‑op on terminals that ignore the bell.
Additional information
Use cases: waiting for long‑running prompts while focused in another window, or running Codex alongside other terminal tabs.
2 Comments
this works just fine https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/docs/config.md#notify
Thanks for the suggestion. We're tracking this feature in #3962. Please upvote if you'd like to see this implemented. If you think that the issue doesn't capture everything you'd like to see, feel free to add a post.