Making It Wait for "Jobs That Run Over an Hour": Codex 0.152 Adds Ceiling Dials for MCP Output Volume and Execution Time, and Turns the Planning Tool Off by Default
Codex v0.152.0 on August 31 and its next-day fix release added explicit ceilings on MCP tool output volume and execution time, and switched the planning tool off by default. Here's a rundown of the changes that matter for long-running unattended and semi-autonomous agent operation.