Codex 0.161 flipped the default model to GPT-6.1 Sol. If you never set model, you already switched.
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OpenAI shipped Codex CLI 0.161.0 on October 7. The release notes lead with one line: "GPT-6.1 Sol is now the default model in the bundled and Amazon Bedrock catalogs." Two pull requests, #49318 and #49339, no migration guide. If your config has a model line, nothing changed for you. If it does not,…
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- 2026-10-20 12:27 · DEV Community — AI
Codex 0.161 flipped the default model to GPT-6.1 Sol. If you never set model, you already switched.