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Codex raises recap context ceiling and ships OpenSSL 3.6.4 for musl

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Felipe Coury zm-oai
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Felipe Coury @fcoury-oai 3 cited zm-oai @zm-oai 2 cited

OpenAI's Codex repo raised the recap prompt budget from 900 bytes to a 32 KiB `RecapPrompt`, while musl builds now compile OpenSSL 3.6.4 directly instead of the vendored 3.6.3.

Recaps in Codex used to cap their prompt at 900 bytes; they now use a shared `RecapPrompt` with a 32 KiB ceiling for instructions and history and an 8,192-token estimate, so summaries can retain the broader goal, completed outcomes, and unresolved caveats instead of collapsing context into a few lines. The same author moved the automatic recap delay from 3 to 30 minutes and replaced the heading and divider with an italic `↳ Recap:` layout with hanging indentation and right padding, splitting URLs only when they exceed the available text column [1] [2].

For musl targets, Codex no longer waits on the vendored path. The latest `openssl-src` 300.x crate still bundles OpenSSL 3.6.3, so the build now compiles the 3.6.4 security release statically with the musl compiler for `x86_64` and `aarch64`, verifies the source archive's SHA-256 checksum, and adds `perl` and `make` to the musl build. Target-specific OpenSSL overrides bypass the vendored build without touching host build dependencies, and the 3.x ABI is preserved [3].

On the UI side, the animated stars shown when selecting Astra are gone, along with their input, terminal-focus, and model-selection hooks; draft text and live voice control snapshots move into a standalone composer snapshot test [4]. Separately, the Windows sandbox setup helper and installation record types move into the `codex-windows-sandbox` library, with the binary delegating to `setup_helper_main` and the service reusing the extracted storage operations instead of its own `serde` dependencies. The registry key, size limit, and serialization format are unchanged [5].

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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 September 13, 2026?
OpenAI's Codex repo raised the recap prompt budget from 900 bytes to a 32 KiB `RecapPrompt`, while musl builds now compile OpenSSL 3.6.4 directly instead of the vendored 3.6.3. In total, 19 commits and 19 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to OpenAI on September 13, 2026?
2 developers shipped this update, including zm-oai and Felipe Coury.
What were the notable OpenAI updates?
Delay automatic recaps and compact their TUI layout (#45089), Preserve conversation context and separate next actions in recaps (#45090), and Use OpenSSL 3.6.4 for musl builds (#45149).
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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

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@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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