rdmbair13m5-changelog-20260828-2033-codex-pets-fleet-availability

Richh's ChatGPT desktop pet directory now contains the canonical Joey, TARS, CASE, and KIPP v2 packages, with the prior TARS and CASE packages retained for rollback.

Scope

• Host: rdmbair13m5
• App: /Applications/ChatGPT.app, bundle com.openai.codex, version 26.825.31414
• Source: rdmsm4x:/Users/richh/dev/LLM/codex/codex-pets/pets
• No current-avatar selection, provider state, or active task was changed.

Exact files touched

• /Users/richh/.codex/pets/tars/{pet.json,spritesheet.webp}
• /Users/richh/.codex/pets/case/{pet.json,spritesheet.webp}
• /Users/richh/.codex/pets/kipp/{pet.json,spritesheet.webp}
• Permissions under /Users/richh/.codex/pets/{joey,tars,case,kipp}/
• /Users/richh/.codex/pet-backups/codex-pets-fleet-20260828T203058EDT/{tars,case}/
• This changelog file

Commands and verification

• Pinned the host against ED25519 fingerprint prefix E+262mKu before writes.
• Staged package pairs with rsync, checked v2 manifest fields with jq, and verified exact source hashes with shasum -a 256 before installation.
• Final sips dimensions are 1536 x 2288 for all four installed atlases; directories are 0700 and package files are 0600.
• The installed ChatGPT bundle contains the custom pet.json/spriteVersionNumber/spritesheet.webp discovery contract.
• A second comparison reported would-skip for Joey, TARS, CASE, and KIPP.
• The running ChatGPT process was not restarted or interrupted.

Backup and undo

• Prior TARS atlas SHA-256: de849a09cb44b5e32aa5b8b75fdc37e699e16469e8fac6c94efe4a3a164dabc5.
• Prior CASE atlas SHA-256: 168618aa70622f7f8918f3d91af5c0e5974ea200247a2d652f1b02a420882d7e.
• Restore from /Users/richh/.codex/pet-backups/codex-pets-fleet-20260828T203058EDT/<pet-id>/ only after safely checkpointing active ChatGPT/Codex work and moving the current package aside.

Outstanding owner actions

Apple Notes publication in the required per-host folder remains pending because the SSH session is Background rather than Aqua; this Markdown record is durable on the host. Opening the pet picker triggers a rescan; selection remains independent.