OpenAI develops unified Codex app and new Scratchpad feature (2 minute read)

OpenAI's new Scratchpad feature for Codex allows users to trigger multiple Codex tasks in parallel from a new UI. The company is moving toward consolidating its product lineup into a single unified application built on top of Codex. There is evidence that the company is building for managed agents, autonomous processes that can run in the background, check in periodically, and execute multi-step workflows without user input. OpenAI employees have been posting snowflake emojis on essential media, possibly hinting at a model released codenamed Glacier believed to be GPT-5.5.