web_search_request still triggers deprecated tools.web_search notice on 0.66.0-alpha.7
Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Dec 6, 2025 by malpern Closed Dec 9, 2025
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (gameofby, contributor)
responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.
Bug: web_search_request still triggers deprecation notice on latest alpha
Environment
- macOS (local dev machine)
codex-cli 0.66.0-alpha.7installed vianpm install -g @openai/codex@alpha~/.codex/config.tomlcontains:[features] web_search_request = true[tools] web_search_request = true- (no
web_searchentries) codex features listshowsweb_search_request= true (stable)
Steps to Reproduce
npm install -g @openai/codex@alphacodex -V→codex-cli 0.66.0-alpha.7codex exec --color never "Say hi"
Expected
- No deprecation message, since
web_search_requestis enabled and the legacytools.web_searchtool should be suppressed.
Actual
- CLI prints:
``tools.web_search
deprecated: is deprecated. Use web_search_request instead.--enable web_search_request
Enable it with or [features].web_search_request in config.toml.``
- Then the turn proceeds normally.
Notes
- Repro occurs even with
--disable warnings. - The warning also appears on
codex execruns that do not request search (e.g., simple “Say hi” prompt). - Appears to be an upstream toolset wiring issue: the session still receives
tools.web_searchdespite the flag.
3 Comments
@malpern You can remove the configuration under [tools] to mute this warning message. Actually,
[features].web_search_requestis the replacement for deprecated[tools].web_search.The warning message and related docs are a bit of confusing. I've filed a PR #7685 to optimize it.
Thanks for reporting. This is addressed by #7685. The fix will be included in the next release.
I have no idea what the error even means... codex has a config? What config.toml? Pretty sure I didn't set this. I can probably figure this out but I'm posting because there are likely a lot of users hitting this.
@sayan-oai
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edit:
while I'm here, this release seems quite buggy
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