Documentation discrepancy regarding web search
Resolved 💬 4 comments Opened Oct 31, 2025 by matssk Closed Nov 15, 2025
What is the type of issue?
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What is the issue?
When starting Codex CLI, it shows the following message:
⚠ tools.web_search is deprecated. Use web_search_request instead.
You can either enable it using the CLI with --enable web_search_request or through the config.toml file with[features].web_search_request
But in the documentation at https://github.com/openai/codex/blob/main/docs/config.md it says that web_search_request is the deprecated one
"tools.web_search boolean Enable web search tool (alias: web_search_request) (default: false)."
Where did you find it?
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