OpenAI Codex 0.159.3 adds account security setup reminders
OpenAI released Codex 0.159.3, a patch that backports optional account security setup reminders for eligible local sessions signed in with ChatGPT. The release notes list the change as pull request #49744, tagged rust-v0.159.3, with no other features, breaking changes, or performance updates documented.
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