Using the 5.2 Codex model keeps showing “Reconnecting,” while the 5.1 Codex model has no issues.

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Dec 25, 2025 by sd1114820 Closed Dec 25, 2025

💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor) responded on this thread — see the highlighted reply below.

What version of the VS Code extension are you using?

0.4.56

What subscription do you have?

PRO

Which IDE are you using?

VS Code

What platform is your computer?

_No response_

What issue are you seeing?

It keeps looping through “Reconnecting 1/5, Reconnecting 2/5, Reconnecting 3/5, Reconnecting 4/5, Reconnecting 5/5.”

What steps can reproduce the bug?

When using the 5.2 Codex model, it is almost unusable, with most requests stuck on “Reconnecting 1–5/5.” When forcibly switched to 5.1 Codex, it works very smoothly.

What is the expected behavior?

_No response_

Additional information

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3 Comments

github-actions[bot] contributor · 8 months ago

Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.

#8465
#8425
#8476

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etraut-openai contributor · 8 months ago

Thanks for filing the bug, but you haven't provided enough information for us to diagnose the problem.

If you hit this issue again, please take note of the error printed after the final (5/5) retry. This will tell you the reason why the retries are happening. Also, please use the /feedback slash command to upload your logs and session information and include the thread ID in the bug report. Without these details, we won't have the information needed to diagnose the issue.

We are tracking an issue in #8302 which may be the same thing you're seeing here. If so, please post a message to that issue.

wmoore012 · 8 months ago

I just looked this up because i'm having the same problem. it's an annoying problem.
I havne't tested to see whether the vpn is the issue