openai / openai/codex

Turn off whimsy effect (astra stars) by default

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CLI config enhancement TUI
Dominant language
Rust
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Description

What variant of Codex are you using?

codex-cli 0.154.0

What feature would you like to see?
[tui]
whimsy = false

I shouldn't have to add this to the config file to get rid of the stars when using Astra

It should be off by default, it looks bad, I thought my screen was glitching

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Research direction

Start by locating the configuration handling for the [tui] whimsy setting and the Astra star effect in codex-cli. Change the default so whimsy is disabled when unset, then verify that Astra starts without stars while an explicit whimsy = true setting still enables them.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
68/100

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