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OpenAI said on November 4 it will acquire Pierre Computer, maker of Code Storage and the Trees and Diffs libraries used in Codex; terms were not disclosed and closing needs regulatory approvals.

A developer's GitHub report says Postman desktop 12.33.4 installed plugins into Claude Code and Codex on his Mac; on November 5 a Postman organization member said the change is being reverted and the experience redesigned.

OpenAI's Codex CLI 0.163.0 adds a searchable /config, follow-up steering during a response, a configurable leader key and parallel read-only tools, plus network proxy and thread-resume permission fixes.

OpenAI's Codex 0.162.0 adds worktree tools, task pinning and clickable URLs, plus sandbox fixes; 0.161.0 a day earlier made GPT-6.1 Sol the default model.

OpenAI says it will add invisible watermarks to ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU, and API developers anywhere can opt in; testing shows light synonym edits cut detection.

OpenAI's DevDay update to Codex adds saved cloud environments that persist across devices, a CLI with voice control and an /agents view, and automatic code reviews.

At DevDay, OpenAI added a $500-a-month Pro 500 plan with an Ultrafast Codex speed tier and will cut the $200 Pro plan's Codex usage from 20x to 10x the Plus allowance from October 30.

OpenAI's new Agents API, in public beta, turns the managed harness behind Codex into infrastructure any developer can build custom AI agents on, drawing mixed analyst reaction.

A Concordia University benchmark found Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex Desktop let malicious GitHub issues bypass their safety guardrails in up to 79.2% of attempts, with GPT-based agents far more vulnerable than Claude Code.

OpenAI is bringing back a five-hour usage cap on Codex and ChatGPT Work for Plus subscribers starting August 25, citing compute load management.

Researcher Elad Meged showed a privilege-less GitHub issue could reach CI secrets in Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Codex; two flaws got CVEs, one didn't.

OpenAI released the command-line tool and SDK for Codex Security, formerly Aardvark, under Apache-2.0, while the underlying scanner stays limited-beta.