Codex Team Asks: What Obvious Feature Is Missing?

The question itself is revealing: Codex has broad agentic foundations, but its next breakthrough may come from removing a small workflow bottleneck rather than adding another headline model.

• –Public feedback can surface recurring friction that internal teams normalize.
• –The scope spans product UX, APIs, and model behavior, suggesting OpenAI is looking for cross-layer opportunities.
• –Codex already works across files, tools, and repeatable workflows, so integrations, persistence, delegation, and control are likely fertile areas.
• –The strongest answer is probably a capability developers assume should already exist, such as reliable long-running tasks, seamless context handoff, or better observability.