Codex tries to invoke an Image generation model for no reason
Resolved 💬 5 comments Opened Jun 2, 2026 by wickedits Closed Jun 3, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.601.20914
What subscription do you have?
Pro
What platform is your computer?
Windows 11 26H2 x64.
What issue are you seeing?
Almost any prompt makes GPT-5.5 try to generate images, even when the prompt explicitly says not to generate any.
<img width="378" height="133" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cc9e6052-7360-405b-99fd-7f4262a82ab5" />
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Ask literally anything
What is the expected behavior?
Not to try to invoke an image model
Additional information
_No response_
5 Comments
+1. Super annoying. Seems like it's totally broken for me
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Same issue: The model 'gpt-image-2' does not exist. after any prompt while use codex with 5.4
Version 26.601.20914 • Released Jun 2, 2026
Seems fixed?
Thanks for reporting the issue. This incident has been mitigated, so you should no longer see the error.