Codex v0.92.0; VSCode extension; missing 'settings' field

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Jan 28, 2026 by TDMorales Closed Jan 29, 2026

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (etraut-openai, contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the VS Code extension are you using?

0.4.67

What subscription do you have?

Enterprise

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.26100.0 x64

What issue are you seeing?

After updating Codex CLI to v0.92.0, I began to receive the following errors within the VSCode 'Output' tab within the Terminal.

Error creating local task: {"code":-32600,"message":"Invalid request: missing field settings"}

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Update to any Codex CLI version > v0.89.0
Open the terminal (ctrl + `), select the 'Output' tab, select 'Codex' in second dropdown
Open Codex in VSCode and send a message
'Output' logs should show error

What is the expected behavior?

You should see this error and a message saying 'Task cannot be generated'

Error creating local task: {"code":-32600,"message":"Invalid request: missing field settings"}

Additional information

_No response_

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3 Comments

etraut-openai contributor · 7 months ago

You mentioned that this started when you upgraded to CLI 0.92.0. By default, the VS Code extension uses its own copy of the CLI that is version-locked so it matches the expectations in the extension. By any chance, have you set the chatgpt.cliExecutable setting in your VS Code Extension? This setting would explain what you're seeing here. It's intended for internal development of the extension, and we don't generally recommend its use in other circumstances because it will lead to mismatches like this.

TDMorales · 7 months ago

I see. Your hunch is correct. I appreciate the quick response - would you have any resources where I can read more docs for the extension?

etraut-openai contributor · 7 months ago

The docs for the extension can be found here.