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OpenAI introduced GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, positioning it around long-horizon coding work and more persistent autonomous execution.
The company said the model can work independently for hours and, in internal evaluations, on tasks lasting more than 24 hours.
The practical question is how teams supervise such agents: longer autonomy can help with large tasks, but it also increases the importance of tests, checkpoints and review.
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Coding agents are moving from short edits toward long-running engineering workflows.
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