## Summary - make `thread_source` an explicit optional thread-level field on `thread/start`, `thread/fork`, and returned thread payloads - persist `thread_source` in rollout/session metadata so resumed live threads retain the original value - replace the old best-effort `session_source` -> `thread_source` mapping with an explicit caller-supplied analytics classification ## Why Before this change, analytics `thread_source` was populated by a best-effort mapping from `session_source`. `session_source` describes the runtime/client surface, not the actual thread-level origin, so that projection was not accurate enough to distinguish cases such as `user`, `subagent`, `memory_consolidation`, and future thread origins reliably. Making `thread_source` explicit keeps one thread-level analytics field while letting callers provide the real classification directly instead of recovering it indirectly from `session_source`. ## Impact For new analytics events, `thread_source` now reflects the explicit thread-level classification supplied by the caller rather than an inferred value derived from `session_source`. Existing protocol fields remain optional; callers that omit `threadSource` now produce `null` instead of a best-effort inferred value. ## Validation - `just write-app-server-schema` - `cargo test -p codex-analytics -p codex-core -p codex-app-server-protocol --no-run` - `cargo test -p codex-app-server-protocol generated_ts_optional_nullable_fields_only_in_params` - `cargo test -p codex-analytics thread_initialized_event_serializes_expected_shape` - `cargo test -p codex-core resume_stopped_thread_from_rollout_preserves_thread_source`
npm i -g @openai/codex
or brew install --cask codex
Codex CLI is a coding agent from OpenAI that runs locally on your computer.
If you want Codex in your code editor (VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf), install in your IDE.
If you want the desktop app experience, run
codex app or visit the Codex App page.
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Quickstart
Installing and running Codex CLI
Install globally with your preferred package manager:
# Install using npm
npm install -g @openai/codex
# Install using Homebrew
brew install --cask codex
Then simply run codex to get started.
You can also go to the latest GitHub Release and download the appropriate binary for your platform.
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- macOS
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
codex-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz - x86_64 (older Mac hardware):
codex-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
- Apple Silicon/arm64:
- Linux
- x86_64:
codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz - arm64:
codex-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
- x86_64:
Each archive contains a single entry with the platform baked into the name (e.g., codex-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl), so you likely want to rename it to codex after extracting it.
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You can also use Codex with an API key, but this requires additional setup.
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