Codex Security 0.1.18 adds end-user attribution and preserves findings
OpenAI released Codex Security 0.1.18, adding a safety identifier option to attribute API-key scans to the originating end user via CLI or SDK. It also preserves accepted findings and partial artifacts when Deep Scan fails or is interrupted, ensuring incomplete coverage is explicit.
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