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Codex CLI: Thread Credits and Cost Visibility

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Codex CLI 0.148.0 adds visibility into estimated thread credits or cost directly in /status, the status line, and the terminal title, for workspaces on credit-based plans. Instead of switching context to a billing dashboard, developers can now see a running estimate of what a session is costing right where they're working. This follows a pattern from earlier releases like the token usage dashboard, giving users tighter feedback loops around usage on metered Codex plans.

Key Takeaways

  • Codex CLI 0.148.0 surfaces estimated thread credits or cost directly in /status, the status line, and the terminal title bar.
  • The feature is scoped to eligible workspaces — plans on credit-based or metered billing rather than flat-rate consumer tiers.
  • It removes the need to switch to a separate dashboard to gauge spend mid-session, giving passive, real-time cost feedback.
  • The change extends a pattern OpenAI started with the token usage dashboard shipped in CLI 0.140.0 back in June 2026.
  • Cost transparency features like this matter most for Business/Enterprise workspaces, where usage discipline across teams is a bigger concern than for individual consumer-plan users.
  • The feature ships in the same 0.148.0 release as the new /export Markdown command and a built-in Amazon Bedrock Runtime provider.

Cost Visibility Without Leaving the Terminal

Codex CLI 0.148.0, released August 18, 2026, adds a small but practical feature for anyone on a credit-metered Codex plan: estimated thread credits or cost now surface directly inside the terminal, without needing to check a separate usage dashboard.

Where It Shows Up

For eligible workspaces, the estimate appears in three places developers already look at during a session — the /status command output, the persistent status line at the bottom of the TUI, and the terminal window's title bar. That means cost tracking updates passively as a session runs, rather than requiring a deliberate check-in.

Why It Matters

Codex already offers /status as a free way to check usage, and OpenAI has published usage tables and credit pricing for its various plans. What changes here is proximity: developers running longer or more complex agent sessions can watch estimated spend accumulate in real time, which is particularly useful for teams on credit-based or Business/Enterprise billing where cost discipline matters more than on a flat-rate consumer plan. It builds on the direction OpenAI set with the token usage dashboard shipped in CLI 0.140.0 earlier this year, continuing to push usage and cost information closer to where developers are actually working.

Part of a Larger Release

This feature ships in the same 0.148.0 release as a new /export command for saving conversations to Markdown (covered separately), a built-in Amazon Bedrock Runtime provider, hooks that can invoke MCP tools asynchronously, and a set of reliability fixes for session resume, sandbox path handling, and MCP reconnection.