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[FEATURE] Add /release-notes built-in command for viewing Codex CLI changelog

Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Jan 15, 2026 by PaulRBerg Closed Mar 20, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What feature would you like to see?

A /release-notes slash command that displays the latest updates and changes in Codex CLI, similar to how Claude Code implements this feature.

Problem it solves:

Currently, users have no built-in way to quickly view what's new in Codex CLI without leaving the terminal to check the GitHub releases page or changelog. This creates friction when:

  • Trying to understand what new features are available after an update
  • Checking if a specific bug was fixed in the current version
  • Staying informed about breaking changes or deprecations

Proposed solution:

Implement a /release-notes command that:

  1. Fetches and displays recent release notes (last 3-5 versions by default)
  2. Shows the current installed version prominently
  3. Highlights new features, bug fixes, and breaking changes
  4. Optionally filters to show only notes since the last version the user was on

Reference implementation:

Claude Code has a similar feature that serves as a good model for UX. Running /release-notes in Claude Code shows a well-formatted summary of recent changes, making it easy to discover new capabilities.

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Additional information

  • Current Codex CLI version: codex-cli 0.84.0
  • Platform: Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm

This would improve discoverability of new features and help users stay up to date with the latest improvements.

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4 Comments

umair-topedge · 7 months ago

I also appreciate having it because we can easily stay up to date with what’s new and what has been fixed.

Additionally, it would be helpful for the codex CLI to provide information about changes for each version. For example, with version 0.80.0, whenever files were modified, the changes appeared in the TUI with + or - signs. However, after updating to the latest version 0.84.0, that functionality seems to be gone. I was trying to find a way to restore it, but I couldn't locate any options.

PaulRBerg · 7 months ago

@umair-topedge feel free to thumbs up the OP 👍 so that OpenAI gives priority to this issue

etraut-openai contributor · 5 months ago

This feature request hasn't received enough upvotes, so closing.

PaulRBerg · 5 months ago

@etraut-openai then, is GitHub releases the recommended way of reading release notes?

https://github.com/openai/codex/releases