Codex CLI now starts a self-update background daemon by default
What happened
On October 13, Hacker News featured a user's hands-on test of Codex CLI 0.157.0. The user says that opening an interactive session on Linux (WSL2) starts a background daemon by default, and that the process keeps running after all Codex windows are closed. The daemon copies roughly 374 MB of platform packages, checks for updates five minutes after launch and then once an hour, and inherits the proxy environment of the session that started it. According to the report, this separates the background backend version from the CLI version installed through a package manager. What the report offers so far is the user's own test result.
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- Hacker News front pageCodex CLI installs a persistent, self-updating background daemon by default
Codex CLI 0.157.0 的用户报告称，在 Linux（WSL2）中打开交互会话会默认启动后台守护进程，关闭所有 Codex 窗口后仍继续运行。该进程复制约 374 MB 的平台包，启动后 5 分钟检查更新、随后每小时检查，并沿用启动它的会话代理环境，使后端版本与包管理器安装的 CLI 版本分离。
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