OpenAI's Secret Codename 'mewfour' Traced from Astra to Codex
soumitrashukla9 · x · 2026-08-17
A leak claims OpenAI scrubbed the codename 'mewfour' from 52 PRs on Aug 7, then it appeared in openai/codex commits 6 days later. Screenshots and GitHub history provided as evidence.
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