@pushpalsdev/cli 1.0.68 → 1.0.70

package/dist/pushpals-cli.js

@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ var DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_RECALL_ITEMS = 12;
 var DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_RECALL_CHARS = 2400;
 var DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_SUMMARY_CHARS = 420;
 var DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_RETENTION_DAYS = 30;
+var DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL = "gpt-5.5";
+var DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT = "xhigh";
 var cachedConfig = null;
 var cachedConfigKey = "";
 function firstNonEmpty(...values) {
@@ -486,7 +488,7 @@ function parseIntEnv(name) {
 function parseTomlFile(path) {
   if (!existsSync2(path))
     return {};
-  const raw = readFileSync(path, "utf-8");
+  const raw = readFileSync(path, "utf-8").replace(/^\uFEFF/, "");
   const parsed = Bun.TOML.parse(raw);
   if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || Array.isArray(parsed))
     return {};
@@ -651,10 +653,14 @@ function resolveLlmConfig(serviceNode, envPrefix, defaults, globalSessionId) {
   const llmNode = getObject(serviceNode, "llm");
   const backend = normalizeBackend(firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_BACKEND`], asString(llmNode.backend, defaults.backend), defaults.backend));
   const endpoint = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_ENDPOINT`], asString(llmNode.endpoint, defaults.endpoint), defaults.endpoint);
-  const model = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_MODEL`], asString(llmNode.model, defaults.model), defaults.model);
+  const envModel = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_MODEL`]);
+  const configuredFileModel = firstNonEmpty(asString(llmNode.model, ""));
+  const configuredModel = firstNonEmpty(envModel, configuredFileModel);
+  const modelFallback = backend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL : defaults.model;
+  const model = backend === "openai_codex" && !envModel && (!configuredFileModel || configuredFileModel === defaults.model) ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL : firstNonEmpty(configuredModel, modelFallback) ?? modelFallback;
   const sessionId = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_SESSION_ID`], asString(llmNode.session_id, defaults.sessionId), process.env.PUSHPALS_LLM_SESSION_ID, globalSessionId);
   const apiKey = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_API_KEY`], defaultApiKeyForBackend(backend, endpoint));
-  const reasoningEffort = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_REASONING_EFFORT`], asString(llmNode.reasoning_effort, ""));
+  const reasoningEffort = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_REASONING_EFFORT`], asString(llmNode.reasoning_effort, ""), backend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT : "");
   const codexAuthMode = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_CODEX_AUTH_MODE`], asString(llmNode.codex_auth_mode, ""));
   const codexBin = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_CODEX_BIN`], asString(llmNode.codex_bin, ""));
   const codexTimeoutMs = Math.max(1e4, asInt(parseIntEnv(`${envPrefix}_LLM_CODEX_TIMEOUT_MS`) ?? llmNode.codex_timeout_ms, 120000));
@@ -2183,6 +2189,8 @@ function parseSemverFromPackageVersion(value) {
   const raw = String(value ?? "").trim();
   if (!raw)
     return "";
+  if (raw === "0.0.0-dev")
+    return "";
   const match = raw.match(/^\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:[-.][0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$/);
   return match ? raw : "";
 }
@@ -3053,6 +3061,13 @@ async function cleanupLingeringWorkerpalWarmContainers(opts) {
   ], opts.repoRoot, opts.env, commandTimeoutMs);
   if (!list.ok) {
     const detail = list.stderr || list.stdout || `exit ${list.exitCode}`;
+    if (isDockerUnavailableDetail(detail)) {
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        detail: `docker unavailable; skipped WorkerPal warm-container cleanup: ${detail}`,
+        removed: 0
+      };
+    }
     return {
       ok: false,
       detail: `failed to inspect lingering WorkerPal warm containers: ${detail}`,
@@ -3106,6 +3121,14 @@ async function cleanupLocalWorkerpalSandboxImage(opts) {
         imageName
       };
     }
+    if (isDockerUnavailableDetail(detail)) {
+      return {
+        ok: true,
+        detail: `docker unavailable; skipped WorkerPal sandbox image cleanup: ${detail}`,
+        removed: false,
+        imageName
+      };
+    }
     return {
       ok: false,
       detail: `failed to remove local WorkerPal sandbox image ${imageName}: ${detail}`,
@@ -3205,6 +3228,10 @@ async function cleanupLingeringPushPalsGitWorktrees(opts) {
 function isMissingDockerImageDetail(detail) {
   return /\b(no such object|no such image|not found)\b/i.test(String(detail ?? ""));
 }
+function isDockerUnavailableDetail(detail) {
+  const text = String(detail ?? "");
+  return /cannot connect to (the )?docker daemon/i.test(text) || /docker daemon is not running/i.test(text) || /failed to connect to the docker api/i.test(text) || /docker_engine/i.test(text) || /is the docker daemon running/i.test(text) || /docker(?:\.exe)?: command not found/i.test(text) || /spawn\s+docker(?:\.exe)?\s+ENOENT/i.test(text) || /docker(?:\.exe)?'?\s+is not recognized as an internal or external command/i.test(text);
+}
 async function inspectDockerImageRuntimeTag(dockerExecutable, imageName, cwd, env, timeoutMs = WORKERPAL_IMAGE_INSPECT_TIMEOUT_MS) {
   const inspect = await runCommandWithEnv([
     dockerExecutable,
@@ -5413,6 +5440,7 @@ export {
   normalizeRepoPathForComparison,
   normalizeCliInteractiveMessage,
   normalizeChildProcessEnv,
+  isDockerUnavailableDetail,
   isCliExitCommand,
   injectMonitoringHubBootstrap,
   formatWorkerExecutionReadinessLines,

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@pushpalsdev/cli",
-  "version": "1.0.68",
+  "version": "1.0.70",
   "description": "PushPals terminal CLI for LocalBuddy -> RemoteBuddy orchestration",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {

package/runtime/configs/default.toml

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ session_id = "workerpals-dev"
 [workerpals.openai_codex]
 timeout_ms = 7200000
 progress_log_interval_s = 30
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 approval_policy = "never"
 sandbox = "workspace-write"
 color = "never"

package/runtime/configs/local.example.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ model = "gpt-5.5"
 codex_auth_mode = "chatgpt"
 codex_bin = "bun x --yes @openai/codex"
 codex_timeout_ms = 120000
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 
 [remotebuddy.llm]
 backend = "openai_codex"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ model = "gpt-5.5"
 codex_auth_mode = "chatgpt"
 codex_bin = "bun x --yes @openai/codex"
 codex_timeout_ms = 120000
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 
 [remotebuddy]
 min_workerpals = 1
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ model = "gpt-5.5"
 codex_auth_mode = "chatgpt"
 codex_bin = "bun x --yes @openai/codex"
 codex_timeout_ms = 120000
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 
 [workerpals]
 executor = "openai_codex"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ bin = "bun x --yes @openai/codex"
 timeout_ms = 7200000
 progress_log_interval_s = 30
 # timeout_s = 120  # optional; if set, overrides timeout_ms
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 approval_policy = "never"
 sandbox = "workspace-write"
 color = "never"

package/runtime/sandbox/.pushpals-remotebuddy-fallback.js

@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@ var DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_RECALL_ITEMS = 12;
 var DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_RECALL_CHARS = 2400;
 var DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_SUMMARY_CHARS = 420;
 var DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_RETENTION_DAYS = 30;
+var DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL = "gpt-5.5";
+var DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT = "xhigh";
 var REDACTED_LOG_VALUE = "[REDACTED]";
 var SENSITIVE_CONFIG_KEY_PATTERN = /(token|secret|password|api[_-]?key|private[_-]?key|access[_-]?key)/i;
 var cachedConfig = null;
@@ -781,7 +783,7 @@ function parseIntEnv(name) {
 function parseTomlFile(path) {
   if (!existsSync2(path))
     return {};
-  const raw = readFileSync3(path, "utf-8");
+  const raw = readFileSync3(path, "utf-8").replace(/^\uFEFF/, "");
   const parsed = Bun.TOML.parse(raw);
   if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || Array.isArray(parsed))
     return {};
@@ -946,10 +948,14 @@ function resolveLlmConfig(serviceNode, envPrefix, defaults, globalSessionId) {
   const llmNode = getObject(serviceNode, "llm");
   const backend = normalizeBackend(firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_BACKEND`], asString(llmNode.backend, defaults.backend), defaults.backend));
   const endpoint = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_ENDPOINT`], asString(llmNode.endpoint, defaults.endpoint), defaults.endpoint);
-  const model = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_MODEL`], asString(llmNode.model, defaults.model), defaults.model);
+  const envModel = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_MODEL`]);
+  const configuredFileModel = firstNonEmpty(asString(llmNode.model, ""));
+  const configuredModel = firstNonEmpty(envModel, configuredFileModel);
+  const modelFallback = backend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL : defaults.model;
+  const model = backend === "openai_codex" && !envModel && (!configuredFileModel || configuredFileModel === defaults.model) ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL : firstNonEmpty(configuredModel, modelFallback) ?? modelFallback;
   const sessionId = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_SESSION_ID`], asString(llmNode.session_id, defaults.sessionId), process.env.PUSHPALS_LLM_SESSION_ID, globalSessionId);
   const apiKey = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_API_KEY`], defaultApiKeyForBackend(backend, endpoint));
-  const reasoningEffort = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_REASONING_EFFORT`], asString(llmNode.reasoning_effort, ""));
+  const reasoningEffort = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_REASONING_EFFORT`], asString(llmNode.reasoning_effort, ""), backend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT : "");
   const codexAuthMode = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_CODEX_AUTH_MODE`], asString(llmNode.codex_auth_mode, ""));
   const codexBin = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_CODEX_BIN`], asString(llmNode.codex_bin, ""));
   const codexTimeoutMs = Math.max(1e4, asInt(parseIntEnv(`${envPrefix}_LLM_CODEX_TIMEOUT_MS`) ?? llmNode.codex_timeout_ms, 120000));
@@ -1727,7 +1733,8 @@ var DEFAULT_LMSTUDIO_ENDPOINT = "http://127.0.0.1:1234";
 var DEFAULT_OLLAMA_ENDPOINT = "http://127.0.0.1:11434/api/chat";
 var DEFAULT_OPENAI_ENDPOINT = "https://api.openai.com/v1/chat/completions";
 var DEFAULT_MODEL = "local-model";
-var DEFAULT_CODEX_MODEL = "gpt-5.4";
+var DEFAULT_CODEX_MODEL = "gpt-5.5";
+var DEFAULT_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT = "xhigh";
 var DEFAULT_CODEX_TIMEOUT_MS = 120000;
 var DEFAULT_LMSTUDIO_CONTEXT_WINDOW = 4096;
 var DEFAULT_LMSTUDIO_MIN_OUTPUT_TOKENS = 256;
@@ -1842,13 +1849,14 @@ function codexTimeoutMs(configuredTimeoutMs) {
 function codexReasoningEffort(configured, model) {
   const raw = (configured ?? "").trim().toLowerCase();
   const supportsExtraHigh = !/^(gpt-5\.4(?:$|-)|codex-1p(?:$|-))/i.test(model.trim());
+  const defaultEffort = supportsExtraHigh ? DEFAULT_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT : "high";
   if (raw === "low" || raw === "medium" || raw === "high" || raw === "xhigh") {
     return raw === "xhigh" && !supportsExtraHigh ? "high" : raw;
   }
   if (raw === "extra high" || raw === "extra-high" || raw === "extrahigh" || raw === "x-high") {
     return supportsExtraHigh ? "xhigh" : "high";
   }
-  return "high";
+  return defaultEffort;
 }
 function normalizeCodexModel(rawModel) {
   const model = rawModel.trim();
@@ -2046,7 +2054,11 @@ function resolveServiceLlmConfig(opts = {}) {
   const fallbackEndpoint = explicitBackend === "ollama" ? DEFAULT_OLLAMA_ENDPOINT : explicitBackend === "openai" || explicitBackend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_ENDPOINT : DEFAULT_LMSTUDIO_ENDPOINT;
   const endpoint = firstNonEmpty2(opts.endpoint, serviceLlmConfig.endpoint, fallbackEndpoint);
   let backend = configuredBackend(endpoint ?? "", explicitBackend);
-  const model = firstNonEmpty2(opts.model, serviceLlmConfig.model, DEFAULT_MODEL) ?? DEFAULT_MODEL;
+  const configuredModel = firstNonEmpty2(opts.model, serviceLlmConfig.model, "");
+  let model = firstNonEmpty2(configuredModel, backend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_CODEX_MODEL : DEFAULT_MODEL) ?? DEFAULT_MODEL;
+  if (backend === "openai_codex" && model === DEFAULT_MODEL) {
+    model = DEFAULT_CODEX_MODEL;
+  }
   const requestedCodexAuthMode = firstNonEmpty2(opts.codexAuthMode, serviceLlmConfig.codexAuthMode, "") ?? "";
   const openAiApiKey = (process.env.OPENAI_API_KEY ?? "").trim();
   const apiKey = firstNonEmpty2(opts.apiKey, serviceLlmConfig.apiKey, backend === "lmstudio" ? "lmstudio" : backend === "openai" || backend === "openai_codex" ? openAiApiKey : "") ?? "";
@@ -2061,7 +2073,7 @@ function resolveServiceLlmConfig(opts = {}) {
     model,
     apiKey,
     sessionId,
-    reasoningEffort: firstNonEmpty2(opts.reasoningEffort, serviceLlmConfig.reasoningEffort, "") ?? "",
+    reasoningEffort: firstNonEmpty2(opts.reasoningEffort, serviceLlmConfig.reasoningEffort, backend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT : "") ?? "",
     codexAuthMode: requestedCodexAuthMode,
     codexBin: firstNonEmpty2(opts.codexBin, serviceLlmConfig.codexBin, "") ?? "",
     codexTimeoutMs: opts.codexTimeoutMs ?? serviceLlmConfig.codexTimeoutMs,

package/runtime/sandbox/apps/workerpals/src/backends/openai_codex/openai_codex_executor.py

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class OpenAICodexRuntimeConfig:
             reasoning_effort=cfg.get_str(
                 env_names=("WORKERPALS_LLM_REASONING_EFFORT", "WORKERPALS_OPENAI_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT"),
                 config_paths=("workerpals.llm.reasoning_effort", "workerpals.openai_codex.reasoning_effort"),
-                default="high",
+                default="xhigh",
             ),
             approval_policy=cfg.get_str(
                 env_names=("WORKERPALS_OPENAI_CODEX_APPROVAL_POLICY",),
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ def _resolve_communicate_timeout_seconds(config: OpenAICodexRuntimeConfig) -> Op
 def _resolve_reasoning_effort(config: OpenAICodexRuntimeConfig, model: str = DEFAULT_CODEX_MODEL) -> str:
     raw = config.reasoning_effort
     normalized = str(raw).strip().lower()
+    default_effort = "xhigh" if _model_supports_xhigh_reasoning(model) else "high"
     if normalized in {"extra high", "extra-high", "extrahigh", "x-high"}:
         normalized = "xhigh"
     if normalized == "xhigh" and not _model_supports_xhigh_reasoning(model):
@@ -452,9 +453,9 @@ def _resolve_reasoning_effort(config: OpenAICodexRuntimeConfig, model: str = DEF
         return normalized
     log.info(
         "Invalid workerpals.openai_codex.reasoning_effort="
-        f"{raw!r}; using default 'high'. Allowed: low, medium, high, xhigh."
+        f"{raw!r}; using default {default_effort!r}. Allowed: low, medium, high, xhigh."
     )
-    return "high"
+    return default_effort
 
 
 def _resolve_progress_log_interval_seconds(config: OpenAICodexRuntimeConfig) -> int:

package/runtime/sandbox/apps/workerpals/src/backends/openai_codex/test_openai_codex_runtime_config.py

@@ -77,9 +77,15 @@ class OpenAICodexRuntimeConfigTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(cfg.approval_policy, "never")
         self.assertEqual(cfg.sandbox, "workspace-write")
         self.assertEqual(cfg.color, "never")
-        self.assertEqual(cfg.reasoning_effort, "high")
+        self.assertEqual(cfg.reasoning_effort, "xhigh")
         self.assertFalse(cfg.json_output)
 
+    def test_reasoning_effort_defaults_to_extra_high_for_default_gpt_5_5(self) -> None:
+        cfg = OpenAICodexRuntimeConfig.from_sources(
+            SettingsResolver(env={}, config_loader=lambda: {}),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(_resolve_reasoning_effort(cfg), "xhigh")
+
     def test_resolve_codex_command_prefix_resolves_configured_executable(self) -> None:
         cfg = OpenAICodexRuntimeConfig.from_sources(
             SettingsResolver(

package/runtime/sandbox/apps/workerpals/src/execute_job.ts

@@ -2850,6 +2850,7 @@ function normalizeCodexReasoningEffort(
     .trim()
     .toLowerCase();
   const supportsExtraHigh = !/^(gpt-5\.4(?:$|-)|codex-1p(?:$|-))/i.test(String(model ?? "").trim());
+  const defaultEffort = supportsExtraHigh ? "xhigh" : "high";
   if (
     normalized === "low" ||
     normalized === "medium" ||
@@ -2866,7 +2867,7 @@ function normalizeCodexReasoningEffort(
   ) {
     return supportsExtraHigh ? "xhigh" : "high";
   }
-  return "high";
+  return defaultEffort;
 }
 
 async function generateCommitMessageFromDiff(

package/runtime/sandbox/configs/default.toml

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ session_id = "workerpals-dev"
 [workerpals.openai_codex]
 timeout_ms = 7200000
 progress_log_interval_s = 30
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 approval_policy = "never"
 sandbox = "workspace-write"
 color = "never"

package/runtime/sandbox/configs/local.example.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ model = "gpt-5.5"
 codex_auth_mode = "chatgpt"
 codex_bin = "bun x --yes @openai/codex"
 codex_timeout_ms = 120000
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 
 [remotebuddy.llm]
 backend = "openai_codex"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ model = "gpt-5.5"
 codex_auth_mode = "chatgpt"
 codex_bin = "bun x --yes @openai/codex"
 codex_timeout_ms = 120000
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 
 [remotebuddy]
 min_workerpals = 1
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ model = "gpt-5.5"
 codex_auth_mode = "chatgpt"
 codex_bin = "bun x --yes @openai/codex"
 codex_timeout_ms = 120000
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 
 [workerpals]
 executor = "openai_codex"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ bin = "bun x --yes @openai/codex"
 timeout_ms = 7200000
 progress_log_interval_s = 30
 # timeout_s = 120  # optional; if set, overrides timeout_ms
-reasoning_effort = "high"
+reasoning_effort = "xhigh"
 approval_policy = "never"
 sandbox = "workspace-write"
 color = "never"

package/runtime/sandbox/packages/shared/src/config.ts

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ const DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_RECALL_ITEMS = 12;
 const DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_RECALL_CHARS = 2400;
 const DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_MAX_SUMMARY_CHARS = 420;
 const DEFAULT_REMOTEBUDDY_MEMORY_RETENTION_DAYS = 30;
+const DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL = "gpt-5.5";
+const DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT = "xhigh";
 const REDACTED_LOG_VALUE = "[REDACTED]";
 const SENSITIVE_CONFIG_KEY_PATTERN =
   /(token|secret|password|api[_-]?key|private[_-]?key|access[_-]?key)/i;
@@ -317,7 +319,7 @@ function parseIntEnv(name: string): number | null {
 
 function parseTomlFile(path: string): TomlObject {
   if (!existsSync(path)) return {};
-  const raw = readFileSync(path, "utf-8");
+  const raw = readFileSync(path, "utf-8").replace(/^\uFEFF/, "");
   const parsed = Bun.TOML.parse(raw) as unknown;
   if (!parsed || typeof parsed !== "object" || Array.isArray(parsed)) return {};
   return parsed as TomlObject;
@@ -503,11 +505,16 @@ function resolveLlmConfig(
     asString(llmNode.endpoint, defaults.endpoint),
     defaults.endpoint,
   );
-  const model = firstNonEmpty(
-    process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_MODEL`],
-    asString(llmNode.model, defaults.model),
-    defaults.model,
-  );
+  const envModel = firstNonEmpty(process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_MODEL`]);
+  const configuredFileModel = firstNonEmpty(asString(llmNode.model, ""));
+  const configuredModel = firstNonEmpty(envModel, configuredFileModel);
+  const modelFallback = backend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL : defaults.model;
+  const model =
+    backend === "openai_codex" &&
+    !envModel &&
+    (!configuredFileModel || configuredFileModel === defaults.model)
+      ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_MODEL
+      : (firstNonEmpty(configuredModel, modelFallback) ?? modelFallback);
   const sessionId = firstNonEmpty(
     process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_SESSION_ID`],
     asString(llmNode.session_id, defaults.sessionId),
@@ -521,6 +528,7 @@ function resolveLlmConfig(
   const reasoningEffort = firstNonEmpty(
     process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_REASONING_EFFORT`],
     asString(llmNode.reasoning_effort, ""),
+    backend === "openai_codex" ? DEFAULT_OPENAI_CODEX_REASONING_EFFORT : "",
   );
   const codexAuthMode = firstNonEmpty(
     process.env[`${envPrefix}_LLM_CODEX_AUTH_MODE`],