Add goal TUI UX (5 / 5) by etraut-openai · Pull Request #18077 · openai/codex

etraut-openai · 2026-04-16T04:46:23Z

Adds the TUI user experience for goals on top of the core runtime from PR 4.

Why

Users need a direct TUI control surface for long-running goals. The UI should make the current goal visible, support common goal actions without waiting for a model turn, and avoid confusing end-of-turn notifications while an active goal is immediately continuing.

What changed

Added /goal summary rendering for the current goal, including active, paused, budget-limited, and complete states.
Added /goal <objective> creation/replacement through the app-server goal API rather than a model prompt.
Added /goal clear, /goal pause, and /goal unpause command variants.
Added a confirmation menu when the user enters a new goal while another goal already exists.
Updated /goal help and summary tip text so it reflects the supported command variants without advertising slash-command token budgets.
Added footer/statusline goal indicators, including elapsed time and token budget display when a budget exists from API/tool-created goals.
Consumes goal updated/cleared notifications so the TUI stays in sync with external app-server changes.
Suppresses end-of-turn desktop notifications only when a goal is still active and follow-up work is expected.
Preserves slash-command history behavior and avoids leaking queued /goal state into unrelated submissions.

Verification

Added TUI unit and snapshot coverage for goal command availability, summary rendering, control commands, replacement menu behavior, status/footer display, notification handling, and command history.

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codex/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs

Lines 5851 to 5864 in ddd8ec4

    
           if render_in_history && !text.is_empty() { 
        
               let local_image_paths = local_images 
        
                   .into_iter() 
        
                   .map(|img| img.path) 
        
                   .collect::<Vec<_>>(); 
        
               self.last_rendered_user_message_event = 
        
                   Some(Self::rendered_user_message_event_from_parts( 
        
                       text.clone(), 
        
                       text_elements.clone(), 
        
                       local_image_paths.clone(), 
        
                       remote_image_urls.clone(), 
        
                   )); 
        
               self.add_to_history(history_cell::new_user_prompt( 
        
                   text,

Render /goal override text in immediate history cells

/goal <args> submits a synthetic parser prompt with UserMessageHistoryRecord::Override("/goal ..."), but this block ignores the override and renders text directly when render_in_history is true. On idle turns, the transcript shows internal prompt text ("Set the current thread goal...") instead of the user command, leaking implementation text and inconsistent UX.

codex/codex-rs/tui/src/chatwidget.rs

Lines 5851 to 5864 in ddd8ec4

    
           if render_in_history && !text.is_empty() { 
        
               let local_image_paths = local_images 
        
                   .into_iter() 
        
                   .map(|img| img.path) 
        
                   .collect::<Vec<_>>(); 
        
               self.last_rendered_user_message_event = 
        
                   Some(Self::rendered_user_message_event_from_parts( 
        
                       text.clone(), 
        
                       text_elements.clone(), 
        
                       local_image_paths.clone(), 
        
                       remote_image_urls.clone(), 
        
                   )); 
        
               self.add_to_history(history_cell::new_user_prompt( 
        
                   text,

Render /goal override text in immediate history cells

/goal <args> submits a synthetic parser prompt with UserMessageHistoryRecord::Override("/goal ..."), but this render path still writes text directly when render_in_history is true. Idle submissions therefore show internal prompt text (Set the current thread goal...) in transcript/history UI instead of the user command.

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# Conflicts: # codex-rs/app-server/src/codex_message_processor.rs # codex-rs/app-server/src/codex_message_processor/thread_goal_handlers.rs # codex-rs/app-server/tests/suite/v2/thread_resume.rs # codex-rs/core/src/goals.rs # codex-rs/core/src/session/tests.rs # codex-rs/core/src/tools/handlers/goal.rs # codex-rs/protocol/src/protocol.rs

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	if render_in_history && !text.is_empty() {
	let local_image_paths = local_images
	.into_iter()
	.map(\|img\| img.path)
	.collect::<Vec<_>>();
	self.last_rendered_user_message_event =
	Some(Self::rendered_user_message_event_from_parts(
	text.clone(),
	text_elements.clone(),
	local_image_paths.clone(),
	remote_image_urls.clone(),
	));
	self.add_to_history(history_cell::new_user_prompt(
	text,

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