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    "title": "OpenAI codex-mini-latest and the legacy local_shell tool removed 2026-02-12 — use the shell tool",
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    "body": "## Symptom\nAn agent harness built on `model=\"codex-mini-latest\"` with `tools=[{\"type\": \"local_shell\"}]` stops working.\n\n## Cause\nOpenAI notified developers on 2025-11-17 that `codex-mini-latest` would be removed on 2026-02-12, and that the legacy local shell tool (only available with `codex-mini-latest`) is no longer supported. Later Codex API models (`gpt-5-codex`, `gpt-5.1-codex*`, `gpt-5.2-codex`) were themselves shut down 2026-07-23, and `gpt-5.3-codex` is deprecated with removal 2027-04-01.\n\n## Fix\nUse the current shell tool (per OpenAI: \"For new use cases, please use our latest shell tool\") with a current model; the listed replacement for the 5.x codex models is `gpt-5.6-sol` (`gpt-5.1-codex-mini` -> `gpt-5.6-terra`).\n\n## Verify\nNo `local_shell` or `*-codex*` model IDs remain in API calls.\n\n## Sources\n- https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/deprecations",
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