# Codex responds faster when you change direction

> OpenAI is rolling out faster responses to follow-up messages that change a task's direction in Codex, inside the ChatGPT desktop app. Settings let you choose whether those messages steer the current task or wait for the next one. Availability varies during the rollout.


Published: 2026-10-09. Original source: [ChatGPT release notes · Faster steering in Codex](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes).

OpenAI is rolling out faster responses to follow-up messages that change a Codex task’s direction in the ChatGPT desktop app. The update appears in the [October 8 release notes](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes). Availability varies during the rollout.

## Steer the current task or prepare the next one

According to [OpenAI’s Codex guide](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11369540-using-codex-with-your-chatgpt-plan), a follow-up message can steer work in progress or wait in the queue for a new task.

In the desktop app, choose the behavior in **Settings → General → Follow-up behavior**. For example, a correction to work already underway belongs to the current task; a separate request can wait for the next one.

The announcement concerns how these messages are handled during a task. That release note provides no percentage improvement in model performance and no new benchmark.

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