Codex extension in Cursor refuses to allow usage with Pro plan
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Sep 16, 2025 by travisp Closed Sep 16, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (gpeal, contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
What version of the VS Code extension are you using?
0.4.9
Which IDE are you using?
Cursor
What platform is your computer?
Darwin 24.6.0 arm64 arm
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Have a Pro ChatGPT account
- Install the VS Code extension into Cursor
- Log into your ChatGPT account
- Try to use the Codex Extension
- Get the message that "To use Codex with your ChatGPT plan, upgrade to Plus"
<img width="287" height="112" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/fd7494af-5e1f-4d45-b163-4b4ced31a7c8" />
What is the expected behavior?
Able to use Codex in Cursor
What do you see instead?
Am unable to use Codex in Cursor, get the message "To use Codex with your ChatGPT plan, upgrade to Plus"
<img width="367" height="119" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/872e9ad1-5e0a-4cc2-9d4c-ff04b4f588a1" />
Additional information
Have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the extension, restarting cursor, and also logging out and logging back in
2 Comments
Does the CLI work? Are you sure you chose the correct workspace when signing in?
The CLI is working. However, I reinstalled cursor and it worked this time. Given this, I am going to close this issue as it seems more likely to be an issue with cursor or my local setup.