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Codex app-server built-in personality conflict fix

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #115759 on 19 Sep 2026. Check it covers your case.

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These items concern a bug where Codex app-server threads inherit an unintended built-in personality, and the corresponding fixes to disable it and ensure the intended system prompt reaches the model.

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  • #115759 fix(codex_app_server): SOUL.md and the Hermes system prompt reach the model; built-in personality disabled (#74712, #72104, #26035, salvage #74726 #72106 #27998)

    merged to main

    files: agent/codex_runtime.py, agent/transports/codex_app_server_session.py, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], tests/agent/test_codex_app_server_persist.py, tests/agent/test_codex_runtime_prompt_handoff.py, tests/agent/transports/test_codex_app_server_session.py, website/docs/user-guide/features/codex-app-server-runtime.md

1 PR closed without merging

From the close comments: merged via another change 1

  • #72106 fix(codex): disable built-in app-server personality · merged via another change → 85cb1dc, #115759, #74712, #72104, #26035, #74726, #72106, #27998
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#72104[Bug]: Codex app-server threads inherit a competing built-in personality
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1 PR closed without merging
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19 Sep 2026

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