Unable to login usign GPT account

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Feb 11, 2026 by andrewwells92 Closed Feb 11, 2026

What version of the IDE extension are you using?

0.4.71

What subscription do you have?

GPT Plus

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

Linux 6.8.0-90-generic x86_64 x86_64

What issue are you seeing?

I am SSH into a remote machine that is running the Linux 6.8.0-90-generic x86_64 x86_64 from my Macbook pro that uses Darwin 25.2.0 arm64 arm

I am trying to sign into the extension on the remote machine with ChatGPT account. I enter my credentials and then it hangs for a while and then i get the following error in the browser:

URL: http://localhost:1455/auth/callback?code=ac_GJoZWISBm3w0cQibzDVU4vXQeQ7xJMYK_Z76XTOwce8.XGLQZH6oigm5CM7B-1tyWPLtkKpgvdWnEjvHx0Z8xmY&scope=openid+profile+email+offline_access&state=XO7--IufPyzRpjTB5EGvuMECV0VQ9Kqm9urmkgNpEno

Token exchange failed: error sending request for url (https://auth.openai.com/oauth/token)

In the codex log , i can see the following entries:

2026-02-11 15:02:04.758 [info] Received app server result: d95cb783-e6d3-44da-bc71-8ac03c37d32d object(keys=1)
2026-02-11 15:02:08.859 [error] Error fetching https://ab.chatgpt.com/v1/rgstr?k=client-sYWqzCYMRkUg4DqqiZcR5DGTNl2iD7zNJY0HoeDLzxR&st=javascript-client-react&sv=3.27.0&t=1770775324652&sid=5d8afa6f-ef46-43e0-9977-2030188707a7&ec=448&gz=1: TypeError: fetch failed
2026-02-11 15:02:59.069 [error] Error fetching https://ab.chatgpt.com/v1/rgstr?k=client-sYWqzCYMRkUg4DqqiZcR5DGTNl2iD7zNJY0HoeDLzxR&st=javascript-client-react&sv=3.27.0&t=1770775374652&sid=5d8afa6f-ef46-43e0-9977-2030188707a7&ec=896&gz=1: TypeError: fetch failed

What steps can reproduce the bug?

Click the "Sign in with ChatGPT" and enter login details

What is the expected behavior?

Should login :)

Additional information

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