OpenAI said Codex The desktop version supports editing historical messages within the original conversation
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The media outlet said Codex the desktop version can now edit historical messages in the same thread and continue the conversation from the edited point.
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OpenAI 28 Day sprint Day14：Codex Finally able to edit historical messages within the original conversation
Beating AI flash update:OpenAI Product and Platform Lead Tibo Sottiaux announced 28 the Day of the product sprint. 14。Codex The desktop version now supports directly editing historical messages in the same thread. For example, if you are midway through writing code and realize that a requirement from several turns earlier was incorrect, you can go back and edit it, then continue the conversation from that point.
A user asked whether this amounts to adding instructions to Agent mid-conversation. Tibo replied that it is more like “time travel.” Previously,Codex already supported branching conversations, but users had long wanted to directly edit old messages in the original conversation without opening a separate branch. Tibo also acknowledged that users had been asking for this feature for a long time and that the team took too long to launch it.
Original link https://m.theblockbeats.info/flash/372478
Key points
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Beating AI said that OpenAI Product and Platform Lead Tibo Sottiaux announced the 28 Day of the product sprint. 14。
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The report stated that Codex the desktop version now supports directly editing historical messages in the same thread.
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The report gave the example that, after discovering an earlier requirement was incorrect, users can return to edit it and then continue the conversation from that point.
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Tibo Sottiaux said that this feature is more like “time travel.”
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The report stated that Codex previously supported branching conversations.
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Tibo Sottiaux acknowledged that users had been requesting this feature for a long time and that the team took too long to launch it.
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Previously, users could use branching conversations to change an earlier requirement; the new feature described in the report lets users directly edit old messages in the original conversation and continue chatting from that point.
Why it matters to readers
When users discover an earlier requirement was incorrect during a lengthy programming conversation, they can return to the relevant point in the original thread to edit it without opening a separate branch.
For newcomers, this makes it more intuitive to correct previously misstated requirements, but the report does not specify the exact procedure or requirements for use.
Risks and unknowns
The information comes from a media flash update; the evidence does not include an OpenAI or Codex official announcement.
It remains unclear which desktop-version releases, user groups, regions, or subscription tiers this feature applies to.
It remains unclear how existing content after the original point is handled once historical messages are edited.
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