Codex Team Weighs Killing Plan Mode, Replacing It With Effort-Level Hotkey

steipete · x · 2026-09-25

A Codex developer said the team is considering killing plan mode and using the shift+tab hotkey to adjust effort levels instead, arguing "the models don't need plan mode anymore." The post drew feedback from plan mode holdouts, with observers noting steipete predicted the end of plan mode long ago.

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