Warp and OpenAI Codex team demo agentic terminal features
Warp hosted a live demo with OpenAI's Codex team showing how Warp expands the terminal into an agentic development environment with features like vertical tabs, notifications, and native code review built around Codex.
Score breakdown
Watch this session to see how Warp's native Codex integration — vertical tabs, notifications, and code review — compares to running Codex CLI in a standard terminal, and to hear the Codex team's own account of what changed across the `5.2`–`5.4` model releases.
- 01Warp has added vertical tabs, notifications, and native code review to support agentic development workflows in the terminal.
- 02The session featured Derek from OpenAI's Codex team and Ben from Warp demoing the latest Codex and Warp features.
- 03Derek described codex-5.2 (December) as the internal inflection point for the Codex team; the Warp host cited 5.3 as the public turning point.
Warp published a live session featuring Derek from OpenAI's Codex team and Ben from Warp, demoing how Warp has expanded the terminal into what it describes as a full agentic development environment. The additions include vertical tabs, notifications, and native code review, all designed to make coding agents easier to manage. Warp's stated belief is that the terminal is already the best venue for agentic development, but that traditional terminals are missing the tooling agents require.
The conversation also covered the evolution of the Codex model series.
The conversation also covered the evolution of the Codex model series. Derek described `codex-5.2` (released in December) as the internal inflection point where the team felt they had "lightning in the bottle," with `5.3` and `5.4` following as fast iterations. The Warp host noted that `5.3` felt like the public turning point — the version where Codex shifted from tolerable to genuinely enjoyable to use. Derek also explained that the Codex CLI was open-sourced from the start and built on Rust, with the rationale that OpenAI wanted to kickstart community development around agentic coding tooling rather than wait for a third party to do it.
Key facts
- 01Warp has added vertical tabs, notifications, and native code review to support agentic development workflows in the terminal.
- 02The session featured Derek from OpenAI's Codex team and Ben from Warp demoing the latest Codex and Warp features.
- 03Derek described codex-5.2 (December) as the internal inflection point for the Codex team; the Warp host cited 5.3 as the public turning point.
- 04Codex versions 5.3 and 5.4 followed 5.2 as fast-follow releases, with the team described as picking up the pace of innovation.
- 05The Codex CLI was open-sourced from launch and built on Rust, with OpenAI citing a desire to kickstart community development.
- 06Warp's stated position is that the terminal is already the best place for agentic development, but traditional terminals lack key agent-facing features.