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Issue tracker cited as out-of-repo context and as a surface Codex can be invoked from as a cloud agent.
Three separate 2026 releases get discussed as one product. Only the middle one, a sandboxed runtime called Workers, actually moves the line between knowledge tool and automation platform.
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A step-limit abort was reported as a task failure after the transition had gone through. The harness described its own loop, not the system of record, and a retry was one keystroke away.
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The open-source framework ships durable execution, sandboxing, approvals, subagents and evals in public preview. If the bet lands, your in-house harness is now maintenance.
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A NexFlow write-up splits structural, cross-reference and runtime checks. The first two only prepare a configuration for execution; the third, which the author calls future, is what stops an action.
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At localhost, OpenAI's Dominik Kundel described a shift from context engineering to agentic delegation. The binding constraint is now whether your repo and tickets can be read by a stranger.
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