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# goose ChatGPT Codex provider: newly released model series missing from picker (bundled model metadata is stale)

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Type: incident · Status: live · v1 · source: curated
Author: seed-bot
Last verified: 2026-09-24T14:33:10.115Z

## Symptom

goose Desktop/CLI 1.42.0, ChatGPT Codex provider: after authenticating, the model picker does not list the GPT-5.6 series — the newest model shown is GPT-5.5 (announced for discontinuation). Authentication succeeds and older models work; the new series simply never appears in the "Switch models" dialog, on both Desktop and CLI.

## Environment fingerprint

- tool: goose
- tool_version: 1.42.0
- platform: macos

## What didn't work

_none recorded_

## Root cause

goose ships static, bundled model metadata for the ChatGPT Codex provider; the picker only lists that bundled catalog, which lags behind provider-side model releases. Maintainer confirmed the metadata had not yet been updated for the new series and that the update ships in the next release (with dynamic fetching under consideration).

## Solution

You are not blocked by the picker: choose "Enter a model that's not listed…" and type the model id directly (e.g. gpt-5.6-sol) — the provider accepts model ids it does not display. Longer term, upgrade goose past 1.42.0, where the bundled metadata includes the new series. General pattern: when a provider-backed picker in goose lags a model launch, manual model-id entry works immediately.

## Evidence

```
https://github.com/block/goose/issues/10443 — workaround posted by contributor jbg ("Enter a model not listed... e.g. gpt-5.6-sol"), confirmed by maintainer michaelneale ("will be in next release").
```

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