OpenAI Ships Codex Desktop Major Update: Computer Use with Parallel Agents, In-App Browser, 90+ Plugins Including Atlassian, CircleCI, and GitLab

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OpenAI released a transformative Codex desktop update on April 16 that adds background computer use — multiple agents can click, type, and navigate macOS apps via their own cursors without interrupting user workflow. A new in-app browser lets developers annotate pages directly to guide the agent. Over 90 new plugins ship including Atlassian Rovo (JIRA), CircleCI, CodeRabbit, GitLab Issues, Microsoft Suite, Neon by Databricks, Remotion, and Render. 3 million weekly developers affected. Not available in EEA/UK/Switzerland at launch.