codex - 💡(How to fix) Fix Brew package shows new update but update does not work [2 comments, 3 participants]

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Updating Codex via `brew upgrade --cask codex`...
Warning: Not upgrading codex, the latest version is already installed

🎉 Update ran successfully! Please restart Codex.

---

codex

---

✨ Update available! 0.125.0 -> 0.128.0

  Release notes: https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/latest

1. Update now (runs `brew upgrade --cask codex`)
  2. Skip
  3. Skip until next version

  Press enter to continue

---

Updating Codex via `brew upgrade --cask codex`...
Warning: Not upgrading codex, the latest version is already installed

🎉 Update ran successfully! Please restart Codex.
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What version of Codex CLI is running?

codex-cli 0.125.0

What subscription do you have?

Team

Which model were you using?

No response

What platform is your computer?

Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm

What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?

Warp

What issue are you seeing?

Codex does not update to latest

Updating Codex via `brew upgrade --cask codex`...
Warning: Not upgrading codex, the latest version is already installed

🎉 Update ran successfully! Please restart Codex.

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Start Codex

codex

This appears:

✨ Update available! 0.125.0 -> 0.128.0

  Release notes: https://github.com/openai/codex/releases/latest

› 1. Update now (runs `brew upgrade --cask codex`)
  2. Skip
  3. Skip until next version

  Press enter to continue

Press Enter

Updating Codex via `brew upgrade --cask codex`...
Warning: Not upgrading codex, the latest version is already installed

🎉 Update ran successfully! Please restart Codex.

What is the expected behavior?

Brew package should update codex to latest version.

Additional information

No response

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TL;DR

The issue might be resolved by manually updating the Codex formula using brew before running the upgrade command.

Guidance

  • Check the Codex formula version using brew info codex to see if it's outdated.
  • Run brew update to ensure the formula is up-to-date before attempting the upgrade.
  • Try updating Codex using brew upgrade --cask codex in the terminal, outside of the Codex application.
  • Verify the version of Codex after the update using codex-cli --version.

Notes

The issue seems to be related to the brew package manager not updating the Codex formula correctly. The provided error message suggests that the latest version is already installed, but the Codex application still shows an update available.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Run brew update and then brew upgrade --cask codex in the terminal to manually update the Codex formula and application.

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