Codex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default

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October 12, 2026
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Repository navigation CLI: make daemon_auto_start opt-in — a persistent, self-updating background daemon shouldn't be the default #48195 Description What variant of Codex are you using? CLI — 0.157.0, installed via npm install -g @openai/codex , Linux (WSL2) What feature would you like to see? Please make daemon_auto_start opt-in (default false ) for the CLI, or at least ask once before turning it...
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