ChatGPT Plus: Codex always attempts gpt-5.6-sol and fails
Open 💬 1 comment Opened Jul 10, 2026 by davidpuglia
What version of the Codex App are you using (From “About Codex” dialog)?
26.707.31428 on macOS
What subscription do you have?
Plus
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 25.5.0 arm64 arm
What issue are you seeing?
Platform:
- macOS
- ChatGPT Desktop 26.707.31428
- ChatGPT Plus
Problem:
Every Codex task fails with:
"The 'gpt-5.6-sol' model is not supported when using Codex with a ChatGPT account."
Regular ChatGPT works normally using GPT-5.5.
There is no model selector in the current ChatGPT Codex UI.
Steps attempted:
- Logged out/in
- Reinstalled authentication
- Verified latest desktop version
- Verified ChatGPT works normally
- Submitted desktop feedback
Feedback ID:
019f4a51-94f2-7de2-859f-3b7417cbb767
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Every Codex task fails with:
"The 'gpt-5.6-sol' model is not supported when using Codex with a ChatGPT account.
What is the expected behavior?
I expect that I should be able to select a model other than gpt-5.6-sol that would be compatible with my account and CODEX desktop app
Additional information
_No response_
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