Who contributed to OpenAI on August 2, 2026?

2 developers shipped this update, including copyberry and ningyi-oai.

What were the notable OpenAI updates?

Support portable Agent Plugins throughout installation, Avoid querying terminal size on every TUI redraw, and Support two-stroke TUI key chords.

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CODEX SHIPS AGENT PLUGIN OVERHAUL AND TUI PERFORMANCE FIXES

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:57 UTC on August 2, 2026 · About OpenAI

2 people shipped this

copyberry @copyberry 4 cited

ningyi-oai @ningyi-oai

Codex now handles portable Agent Plugins with schema-declared manifests and cuts terminal redraw overhead by caching screen dimensions instead of querying on every frame.

The platform dropped support for legacy plugin identifier rules in favor of Agent Plugin's root `plugin.json` schema, accepting dotted names and versions that don't fit directory-safe formats [1]. TUI responsiveness improves significantly as terminal size queries move from every redraw to resize events only, with cached dimensions passed through transcript reflow and viewport updates [2]. Two-stroke key chords like `ctrl-x ctrl-s` now work in keymap configuration [3], with conflict detection against single-key bindings and a one-second timeout to cancel pending chords. Tool execution metadata now survives across prompts, reattaching `executed_tool_calls` when outputs flow into subsequent requests and bounding retained history to 32 KiB [4]. These changes land across 6 commits and 6 PRs, all from the copyberry team.

Action items

→ Test Agent Plugin discovery and installation paths if you maintain custom plugins openai/codex [plan]
→ Configure two-stroke keybinds in your TUI keymap and validate against existing single-key bindings openai/codex [monitor]
→ Verify tool metadata retention in multi-turn workflows, especially with 32 KiB truncation boundaries openai/codex [plan]

References

[1] Support portable Agent Plugins throughout installation ↗ openai/codex
[2] Avoid querying terminal size on every TUI redraw ↗ openai/codex
[3] Support two-stroke TUI key chords ↗ openai/codex
[4] Retain attempted tool metadata across prompts ↗ openai/codex

Quick answers

What shipped in OpenAI on August 2, 2026?: Codex now handles portable Agent Plugins with schema-declared manifests and cuts terminal redraw overhead by caching screen dimensions instead of querying on every frame. In total, 6 commits and 6 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to OpenAI on August 2, 2026?: 2 developers shipped this update, including copyberry and ningyi-oai.
What were the notable OpenAI updates?: Support portable Agent Plugins throughout installation, Avoid querying terminal size on every TUI redraw, and Support two-stroke TUI key chords.

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