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Agents break out of the cloud as Codex retires its MCP server
August 31 – September 6, 2026
Cursor shipped self-hosted machines that keep code, build outputs, and secrets inside your own network, while OpenAI removed Codex's standalone MCP server and Anthropic hardened Claude Code's auto-approval rules against credential-fetching escapes.
The week at a glance
Replay the weekBiggest releases
- 01Cursor launches self-hosted machines for in-network tool execution
Cursor - 02Codex removes `codex mcp-server` command and standalone binary
Codex - 03Claude Code v2.1.257 adds Fable 5.1 model and hardens auto-mode security
Claude Code - 04Devin adds multi-select tag filters, VS Code-style editor splits, and MCP marketplace servers
Devin - 05Devin release adds sidebars grouped by PR/repo and cleanup code scans
Devin
Agents move onto your own infrastructure
The week's biggest shift is about where agents are allowed to run. Cursor introduced self-hosted machines that execute tool calls entirely inside your network: codebases, build outputs, and secrets stay on internal hardware while the agent drives the work. Team pools scale worker capacity up and down with demand and hibernate idle machines, cloud agents can now target AWS Lambda, Coder, Cloudflare, Daytona, Modal, Namespace, Vercel, and E2B, and computer use works on self-hosted Linux and Mac workers. For teams that have been waiting for a plausible answer to "where does our source code actually go," this is that answer.
Codex sheds its MCP server and rolls out GPT-6-Astra
OpenAI's week was defined by a removal. The codex mcp-server command and standalone binary are gone after their August 24 deprecation, so any integration that launches either one breaks on upgrade — the migration path is the Codex app server, while connecting out to external MCP servers through codex mcp still works.
The rest of Codex's week was Astra plumbing. Codex added GPT-6-Astra to the Amazon Bedrock model picker for Mantle and Runtime routes, then made Astra visible and default in the bundled picker while gating its asynchronous clarification questions on the tool actually being available in the session. An earlier build had already enabled Astra configuration through the API without disturbing the default model, and the displayed Fast-tier description was corrected to "2x speed, increased usage".
Deeper in the CLI, vim undo and redo landed alongside remote plugin marketplaces, with TUI sessions reconnecting after app-server drops without losing drafts. Vim users also got in-draft / and ? search with highlighted matches, per-tool output_token_limit truncation, and a security fix that disables redirects on cloud task requests to protect saved credentials. Codex for iOS got a Priority view plus host-wide attachments spanning Windows, Linux, and Photo Library videos, and Guardian approval reviews now honor Node REPL policies from model metadata.
Claude Code tightens auto-mode containment
Claude Code's headline was Fable 5.1, now the default Fable model with a 1M context — but the security work matters more. A new Containment Escape rule stops auto mode from approving cloud metadata-credential fetches, egress evasion, and cross-tenant reach, and the same release plugs unbounded memory growth from piped non-JSONL input and an OAuth credential leak risk.
A follow-up closed several sandbox permission holes, including Edit/Write/Read rules with parentheses being silently dropped and leaving read-only folders writable, and reverted a change that had wrongly applied Read() deny rules to Bash arguments. Organizations can now push managed HTTP/SSE MCP servers to every user via managedMcpServers, alongside fixes for concurrent sessions clobbering each other's config. Elsewhere: bash and task output limits up to 128K with a new /skill-doctor, a macOS 12 launch regression fixed, and Bash "task output swap refused" failures resolved on affected Macs.
Grok Build and Devin grind through polish
Grok Build shipped a dense run of terminal and session fixes: built-in tools now win over user MCP servers on name collisions and edit_file diffs show real line numbers; permission mode stays visible in plan mode; scheduled /loop tasks moved to the background with --worktree for headless runs; MCP tools can pause mid-call to ask for input; and an MCP OAuth deadlock was fixed with task output waits extended to an hour.
Devin added sidebar grouping by pull request or repository plus a cleanup scan type that hunts dead code, and rolled out multi-select tag filters and VS Code-style editor splits with Gmail, Calendar, Gamma, and Supabase MCP servers in the marketplace.
Releases covered22
- Claude Code v2.1.257 adds Fable 5.1 model and hardens auto-mode security (opens in new tab)
- Claude Code v2.1.260 fixes sandbox permission bypasses and reverted Bash deny rule (opens in new tab)
- Claude Code v2.1.261 adds bash output limits and /skill-doctor; fixes Remote Control stale states (opens in new tab)
- Claude Code v2.1.258 restores macOS 12 launch and fixes remote session errors (opens in new tab)
- Claude Code v2.1.252 fixes Bash command failure on some Macs (opens in new tab)
- Codex removes `codex mcp-server` command and standalone binary (opens in new tab)
- Codex 0.153.3 adds GPT-6-Astra to Amazon Bedrock model picker (opens in new tab)
- Codex CLI 0.153.4 fixes Astra model picker visibility and async-question gating (opens in new tab)
- Codex CLI 0.153.1 adds GPT-6-Astra API support without changing default model (opens in new tab)
- Codex CLI 0.153.2 corrects GPT-6-Astra Fast tier description (opens in new tab)
- Codex CLI 0.153.0 adds vim undo, plugin marketplace support (opens in new tab)
- Codex CLI 0.152.0 adds vim mode search, MCP tool token limits (opens in new tab)
- Codex for iOS adds Priority view and host-wide attachments (opens in new tab)
- Codex CLI 0.152.1 honors Node REPL policies in Guardian approval (opens in new tab)
- Grok Build 1.0.22 prioritizes built-in tools and fixes subagent, diff, and MCP issues (opens in new tab)
- Grok Build 1.0.21 improves terminal and permission mode UX (opens in new tab)
- Grok Build 1.0.19 fixes session resume, crashes, and adds `--worktree` for headless runs (opens in new tab)
- Grok Build 1.0.17 adds mid-call MCP input requests and quieter ghost suggestions (opens in new tab)
- Grok Build 1.0.16 fixes session deadlocks and extends task output waits (opens in new tab)