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Surge module: block Codex telemetry endpoints while preserving core model requests

A developer published a Surge module that blocks telemetry endpoints for OpenAI's Codex tool while preserving core model requests. The module targets analytics, desktop telemetry, Statsig event upload, and OTLP metrics endpoints observed in a HAR file from July 21, 2026.

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| #!name=Codex Telemetry Block | | | #!desc=Blocks the dedicated Codex analytics, desktop telemetry, Statsig event upload, and OTLP metrics endpoints observed in the 2026-07-21 HAR. Core Codex model requests remain allowed. | | | #!system=mac | | | [MITM] | | | hostname = %APPEND% chatgpt.com, chat.openai.com | | | [Rule] | | | # Codex behavioral analytics | | | URL-REGEX,^https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/analytics-events/events(?:?.)?$,REJECT | | | # Codex Desktop structured logs | | | URL-REGEX,^https://chat.openai.com/ces/v1/telemetry/intake(?:?.)?$,REJECT | | | # Statsig / CES event and exposure upload | | | URL-REGEX,^https://chatgpt.com/ces/v1/rgstr(?:?.*)?$,REJECT | | | # OpenTelemetry metrics; this host was used only for /otlp/v1/metrics in the HAR | | | DOMAIN,ab.chatgpt.com,REJECT,pre-matching |

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