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CODEX GAINS THREAD HIERARCHY QUERIES, EXEC-SERVER GOES REMOTE-NATIVE

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App-server can now filter threads by parent, unblocking clients that need to enumerate spawned subagents without scanning the entire thread graph.

The thread filtering work [1] solves a real coordination problem: clients managing spawned subagents need an authoritative snapshot of immediate children when reconnecting or recovering from missed events. Previously, thread/list had no parent query capability, forcing clients to either scan unrelated threads or reconstruct relationships from transient events and rollout history. The parent relationship already lives in persisted thread_spawn_edges state, so this is a clean surface addition that Review and Guardian threads don't participate in. In parallel, exec-server is gaining Windows-native execution support [2]. The shift moves TurnEnvironmentSelection.cwd from AbsolutePathBuf to PathUri, letting remote environments preserve their native working directory and shell. This unblocks the remote_env_windows test to run actual Windows processes instead of just recording early path mismatches. Together, these changes push the execution and coordination layer closer to multiplatform maturity.

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References

  1. [1] feat(app-server): filter threads by parent ↗ openai/codex
  2. [2] [codex] exec-server honors remote environment cwd and shell ↗ openai/codex

FAQ

What changed in OpenAI on June 15, 2026?
App-server can now filter threads by parent, unblocking clients that need to enumerate spawned subagents without scanning the entire thread graph.
What should OpenAI teams do about it?
Review thread hierarchy query implementation in app-server [ref:1] • Test Windows remote environment execution after [ref:2] lands
Which OpenAI repositories shipped on June 15, 2026?
openai/codex

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