Overview

  • 2026-07-16: Publicly explains Codex $HOME deletion as honest mistake under Full-Access without sandbox; promises post-mortem

Thibault Sottiaux is Core Products Lead at openai. He commented on the June 11, 2026 ona acquisition announcement, emphasizing enterprise security and control requirements for production codex agent deployments.

June 2026 Statement

“Enterprises want powerful agents that can do real work while meeting the security and control requirements of their environments. Ona will help us make Codex easier to deploy securely across production workflows.”

(2026-06-11-openai-codex-ona-acquisition)

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