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There is no help information regarding the options "--continue" and "--resume" in the "codex --help" command #3309
Description
What version of Codex is running?
codex-cli 0.30.0
Which model were you using?
gpt-5
What platform is your computer?
Linux 5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4.x86_64 x86_64 x86_64
What steps can reproduce the bug?
run "codex --help"
What is the expected behavior?
Options:
-c, --continue Continue the most recent conversation
-r, --resume Resume a conversation select a conversation to resume
What do you see instead?
There is no information regarding "resume" and "continue" in the help section.
codex --help
Codex CLI
If no subcommand is specified, options will be forwarded to the interactive CLI.
Usage: codex [OPTIONS] [PROMPT]
codex [OPTIONS] [PROMPT]
Commands:
exec Run Codex non-interactively [aliases: e]
login Manage login
logout Remove stored authentication credentials
mcp Experimental: run Codex as an MCP server
proto Run the Protocol stream via stdin/stdout [aliases: p]
completion Generate shell completion scripts
debug Internal debugging commands
apply Apply the latest diff produced by Codex agent as a git apply to your local working tree [aliases: a]
help Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
Arguments:
[PROMPT]
Optional user prompt to start the session
Options:
-c, --config <key=value>
Override a configuration value that would otherwise be loaded from ~/.codex/config.toml. Use a dotted path (foo.bar.baz) to override nested values. The value portion is parsed as JSON. If it fails to parse
as JSON, the raw string is used as a literal.
Examples: - `-c model="o3"` - `-c 'sandbox_permissions=["disk-full-read-access"]'` - `-c shell_environment_policy.inherit=all`
-i, --image ...
Optional image(s) to attach to the initial prompt
-m, --model
Model the agent should use
--oss
Convenience flag to select the local open source model provider. Equivalent to -c model_provider=oss; verifies a local Ollama server is running
-p, --profile <CONFIG_PROFILE>
Configuration profile from config.toml to specify default options
-s, --sandbox <SANDBOX_MODE>
Select the sandbox policy to use when executing model-generated shell commands
[possible values: read-only, workspace-write, danger-full-access]
-a, --ask-for-approval <APPROVAL_POLICY>
Configure when the model requires human approval before executing a command
Possible values:
- untrusted: Only run "trusted" commands (e.g. ls, cat, sed) without asking for user approval. Will escalate to the user if the model proposes a command that is not in the "trusted" set
- on-failure: Run all commands without asking for user approval. Only asks for approval if a command fails to execute, in which case it will escalate to the user to ask for un-sandboxed execution
- on-request: The model decides when to ask the user for approval
- never: Never ask for user approval Execution failures are immediately returned to the model
--full-auto
Convenience alias for low-friction sandboxed automatic execution (-a on-failure, --sandbox workspace-write)
--dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox
Skip all confirmation prompts and execute commands without sandboxing. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Intended solely for running in environments that are externally sandboxed
-C, --cd
Tell the agent to use the specified directory as its working root
--search
Enable web search (off by default). When enabled, the native Responses `web_search` tool is available to the model (no per‑call approval)
-h, --help
Print help (see a summary with '-h')
-V, --version
Print version
Additional information
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pakrym-oai commentedon Sep 8, 2025
My apologies, the feature is still in development and shipped by accident, we'll add docs in the next release.
YasinHossain commentedon Sep 8, 2025
just wondering is there a clear context option like claude code? Right now I have to quiet the chat and call the codex again to clear the context.
aibrahim-oai commentedon Sep 8, 2025
@YasinHossain you can do /compact.
YasinHossain commentedon Sep 8, 2025
@aibrahim-oai sometimes I just want a new chat without any context. Context are irrelevant for that new chat and don't want to confuse the AI with irrelevant context. And extra token usage of compacting. So just clearing context is easier then opening a new chat by calling codex.
alpharover commentedon Sep 8, 2025
does '/new' not work for your use case?
0xdevalias commentedon Oct 7, 2025
This issue is outdated and can probably be closed:
⇒ codex --help Codex CLI If no subcommand is specified, options will be forwarded to the interactive CLI. Usage: codex [OPTIONS] [PROMPT] codex [OPTIONS] [PROMPT] <COMMAND> Commands: ..snip.. resume Resume a previous interactive session (picker by default; use --last to continue the most recent) ..snip..