What I really want from Codex is checkpoints ala Copilot. There are a couple of issues [0][1] opened about on GitHub, but it doesn't seem a priority for the team.
They routinely mention in GitHub that they heavily prioritize based on "upvotes" (emoji reacts) in GitHub issues, and they close issues that don't receive many. So if you want this, please "upvote" those issues.
Gemini CLI has this