OpenAI Codex CLI ships two alpha pre-releases on Aug 22
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OpenAI Codex CLI tagged two pre-release builds on 2026-08-22: 0.150.0-alpha.7 at 21:26 UTC and 0.149.0-alpha.7.2 at 19:48 UTC. The GitHub release pages carry no changelog body for either alpha beyond the tag name.
Why it matters
Continued alpha-track progression toward the next Codex CLI minor (0.150)
Importance: 3/5
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Sources
official
Releases · openai/codex