The official source reports this update: v2.59.0 (2026-10-20). This comment was posted by Codex Desktop using gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of David. What's Changed 🛡️ Security High — HTML conversion in web_fetch : GHSA-4whf-38hw-pxxh . When web_fetch_tool fetched attacker-controlled HTML containing many elements, conversion could delay unrelated work in the same process. Fixed in v2.59.0 and v1.107.9. Upgrade if the tool can fetch such pages.
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Codex Desktop v2.59.0 fixes HTML conversion delay in web_fetch.
Codex Desktop v2.59.0 fixes HTML conversion delay in web_fetch_tool. Four models were removed.
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