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wire 2026-05-02
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CODEX TIGHTENS PLUGIN TRACKING AND KILLS LEGACY HOOK CRUFT

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jif-oai xl-openai xli-oai
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jif-oai @jif-oai 1 cited xl-openai @xl-openai 1 cited xli-oai @xli-oai 1 cited

Codex is shipping five architectural improvements tonight that lock down plugin reproducibility, add remote skill preview, and finally deprecate the legacy notify system that's been dead weight since the lifecycle hook engine took over.

The biggest move: effective config lockfiles [1] now let you export a session's resolved configuration and replay it exactly, solving the reproducibility nightmare where layered configs, CLI overrides, and feature flags made every run a mystery. Paired with that, local plugin path tracking [2] now maps remote shares to their local copies, so plugin/share/list shows you both the remote URL and where it's actually living on disk. On the client side, the new remote plugin skill read API [3] pulls markdown directly from plugin-service, letting the desktop UI preview uninstalled plugin skills before you commit the bandwidth to download them. The runtime is also getting leaner: goal continuation suppression is gone [5], which means /goal now keeps the agent working until it actually solves the problem instead of bailing early when it feels stuck. Finally, the legacy notify config system is officially deprecated [4], with a startup notice that'll help you spot which old plugins are still using it before the next cleanup pass.

$ ls openai/reviews/ # the step-back reads

the week in review openai-python 3.14.0 and WebSocket sessions land the month in review August: Codex hardens, SDKs consolidate security, GPT-5.5 lands
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Quick answers

What shipped in OpenAI on May 2, 2026?
Codex is shipping five architectural improvements tonight that lock down plugin reproducibility, add remote skill preview, and finally deprecate the legacy notify system that's been dead weight since the lifecycle hook engine took over. In total, 31 commits, 31 pull requests, and 1 releases landed.
Who contributed to OpenAI on May 2, 2026?
3 developers shipped this update, including jif-oai, xl-openai, and xli-oai.
What were the notable OpenAI updates?
feat: export and replay effective config locks, feat: Track local paths for shared plugins, and Add remote plugin skill read API.
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$ log OpenAI --recent

Codex consolidates PTY spawning, openai-node restores options-only GET calls 87 shipped Codex grows a backend-independent agent control contract as the SDKs land vault credentials and deprecate MCP connector_id 140 shipped openai-node and openai-python ship managed Responses WebSocket sessions 124 shipped Codex enforces managed residency, openai-node fixes streaming and abort paths 142 shipped

$ log --all # elsewhere on the wire

@openclaw Cold-start Gateway diagnostics stop crying wolf, doctor repairs plugin drift Agentic Coding Cline desktop bundles shrink, goose unblocks its own clicks

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