Invalid input response

Open 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 13, 2026 by kingkate2009-droid

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the IDE extension are you using?

26.5313.41514

What subscription do you have?

free

Which IDE are you using?

vscode

What platform is your computer?

windows x64

What issue are you seeing?

{ "error": { "message": "Invalid 'input[268].name': empty string. Expected a string with minimum length 1, but got an empty string instead.", "type": "invalid_request_error", "param": "input[268].name", "code": "empty_string" } }

What steps can reproduce the bug?

What is the expected behavior?

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Additional information

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 4 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#15193

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kingkate2009-droid · 4 months ago

@etraut-openai Thanks for the quick response.

I’m not sure whether I have any experimental features enabled — I didn’t explicitly turn them on. The error occurred while Codex was handling a normal task (not a special or edge-case prompt).

Could you help me understand:

How can I check whether any experimental features are currently enabled? (e.g., config file, environment variables, or CLI flags)
If they are disabled by default, does this error suggest something else might be causing the empty name field?

For context: the error appears during some conversations, not all. I can share more logs if needed.

I checked my config and there are no experimental features enabled. All related flags are either absent or set to false. The error still occurs. What else could cause the empty name field?

Thank you.

etraut-openai contributor · 4 months ago

Are you using Azure endpoints, or are you using the default OpenAI-hosted models?

If you're able to repro this, use /feedback to upload your logs and session details, then include the thread ID here.