extension error starting converstaion
Resolved 💬 7 comments Opened Sep 9, 2025 by jmin123 Closed Sep 10, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (gpeal, contributor)
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What version of the VS Code extension are you using?
1.103.2
Which IDE are you using?
VS Code
What platform is your computer?
Windows
What steps can reproduce the bug?
I can not start chat with codex extension.
No matter text context size, it keeps repeating
"error starting convesation" with red alert window pop up.
Here's what I have tried.
- Change verbosity of thiniking miniaml to high : not working
- Change agent method : not working
3 Restarted window : not working
- Reinstalled extension : not working
What is the expected behavior?
It should start thinking but I only see "error starting conversation"
What do you see instead?
"error starting conversation"
Additional information
_No response_
7 Comments
Getting same error.
Can you open the output panel -> Codex and paste the logs?
Same here.
[error] Error creating local task: Error: Timeout (logs)
It might be failing because Git Bash can’t be found.
Unregistering WSL solved this error.
Solución para windows:
<img width="661" height="743" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/8bf5916f-d51e-4464-94f6-fcbc565eb75c" />
subsystem linux enabled, restart : worked for me ! thanks