Codex++ 0.1.4

Codex++ 0.1.4 is a reliability release focused on clean installs, Windows Store support, and safer automatic repair after Codex updates.

Highlights

• Added Microsoft Store / WindowsApps Codex detection and patch support.
• Fixed Windows install dependency execution by using npm.cmd.
• Fixed Windows Store install repair by mirroring locked app resources into a writable Codex++ managed location.
• Fixed Windows renderer tweak settings and Windows shortcut label matching for Bennett UI Improvements.
• Improved the auto-repair watcher so Codex updates are retried for longer and checked every 5 minutes.
• Kept Codex++ release checks throttled to hourly while allowing repair checks to run more often.
• Made Codex.app settle detection less brittle by checking only patch-critical inputs.
• Added dedicated macOS App Management permission alerts with an Open Settings action.
• Fixed Homebrew command wrappers, self-update executable permissions, and Homebrew reinstall conflicts.
• Added Bun global install support with a first-run bootstrap command.
• Made codexplusplus with no arguments show help instead of failing.

Install And Update

Homebrew:

brew install b-nnett/codex-plusplus/codexplusplus
codexplusplus install

Bun:

bun install -g github:b-nnett/codex-plusplus#0.1.4
export PATH="$HOME/.bun/bin:$PATH"
codexplusplus install

Existing Codex++ installs can update with:

codexplusplus update

For Users

Codex++ now handles more app update edge cases automatically. If Codex updates while macOS blocks writes to /Applications/Codex.app, Codex++ shows a dedicated App Management alert explaining that the app running the repair command needs permission, then asks the user to run:

codexplusplus repair

Blank CLI runs now show the command list, which makes first-run Bun installs less confusing.

For Windows Users

0.1.4 adds Microsoft Store Codex install discovery and Store-safe patching. The installer now finds Codex under WindowsApps, mirrors the app into a writable managed location, and keeps the scheduled watcher command short enough for Task Scheduler.

Fixed

• Fixed Bun global installs where the package bin existed before TypeScript output was built.
• Fixed Homebrew formula bins pointing at non-executable generated files.
• Fixed Homebrew installs overwriting Homebrew-managed command links with Codex++ user shims.
• Fixed Homebrew formula tests after Codex++ self-updates the installed source checkout.
• Fixed App Management alert text that could render mojibake arrows in macOS dialogs.
• Fixed watcher fallback repair invocation so it runs explicitly as watcher mode.

Verification

Before cutting 0.1.4, the release branch passed:

npm test
npm run build --workspace codex-plusplus

Test suite: 87 passing.

The following install paths were tested locally:

brew install b-nnett/codex-plusplus/codexplusplus
codexplusplus update --ref 0.1.4 --force
codexplusplus install

bun install -g github:b-nnett/codex-plusplus#0.1.4
codexplusplus install