openai / openai/codex

Allow forking conversation open in another app

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CLI enhancement session
Dominant language
Rust
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Description

What variant of Codex are you using?

CLI

What feature would you like to see?

"""
■ Conversation interrupted - tell the model what to do differently. Something went wrong? Hit /feedback to report the issue.

🔒 This conversation is open in another app R to Retry
Close it there and press R to continue here.

r retry esc/ctrl+c/q exit ctrl+t transcript
"""

Allow forking this conversation

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reproducing the CLI state where a conversation is open in another app and review the existing retry and exit controls shown in the issue. Determine how forking should differ from retrying, then verify that a user can create and continue a fork without closing the original conversation.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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