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OpenAI's Persistent Codex Agent: From Chatbot to Always-On Digital Colleague

The feature would let Codex keep working across sessions and message users, while OpenAI tests limits meant to curb risky actions.

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Code changes spotted in recent days show OpenAI quietly building a new mode for its Codex agent. The feature, labeled Persistent mode, lets the system keep running on a task until someone explicitly tells it to stop. No more timing out after minutes or hours. The agent stays on the job. Maxwell Zeff first reported the development for WIRED. Engineers reviewed updates to the command-line version of Codex. They found entries describing how the mod…

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Wired broke the news in San Francisco, United States on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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