OpenAI Codex Adds Async Questions for Uninterrupted Coding

OpenAI's Codex introduced a well-received async question tool: while the agent keeps working in the background, it can ask users to log in or approve actions without interrupting the task.

2026-09-08 ~ 2026-09-08 · 2 related posts

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