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Add ability to rename Codex chat/session titles (CLI + VS Code) #15533
Description
What variant of Codex are you using?
IDE Extension
What feature would you like to see?
Summary
Please add a built-in way to rename Codex conversation titles after a chat is created.
Current behavior
Session/thread names are auto-generated, and there is no supported rename action in the UI/CLI picker.
Expected behavior
I should be able to rename an existing chat/session title from:
VS Code Codex chat list
CLI session picker (codex resume / session history)
Suggested UX
Context menu action: Rename
Keyboard shortcut support where applicable (for example F2 in list views)
Rename should update all places where the title appears (history list, picker, etc.)
Graceful handling for duplicate names (allowed or auto-disambiguated)
Why this matters
I keep long-running threads and need meaningful names for later retrieval. Auto-generated titles are often not specific enough once scope changes.
Workaround today
Manual edits to local session metadata are possible but unsupported and risky; a first-class rename action would be much safer.
Environment
Codex CLI version: 0.115.0-alpha.27
Platform: macOS
Editor: VS Code integration
Additional information
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Activity
github-actions commentedon Mar 23, 2026
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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etraut-openai commentedon Mar 23, 2026
This is already supported in the CLI (
/rename) and the app. It's not currently supported in the extension, but there is an active feature request: #12564daxliniere commentedon May 26, 2026
So then it really shouldn't be hard to implement.
Anyways, I gave up waiting, so for anyone interested, I have made a program which allows you to search, read and rename your Codex threads. It's a work in progress, but I use it 20 times a day.
https://github.com/daxliniere/VS-Codex-Thread-Tools-renamer-search
fix(claude): refresh title on UserPromptSubmit to pick up /rename (#346)