I cannot select GPT 5.6 for cursor IDE, I can only select up to GPT 5.5. But as I am currently working on remoteSSH, I may not be able to set up the codex CLI, which current solutions all suggest. Does anyone encounter the same issue or has a solution?
Steps to Reproduce
just inable the extention of codex in cursor IDE and login to codex account and you will see you cannot use the 5.6 model.
Hey, thanks for the report. In your screenshot, that’s the model picker from the OpenAI Codex extension openai.chatgpt, not Cursor’s native model picker. The model list there (GPT-5.5, 5.4, 5.4-Mini, 5.3-Codex-Spark) is provided by OpenAI. It depends on the extension version and your ChatGPT account entitlements. Cursor can’t add GPT-5.6 there, it’s outside our control.
What you can try:
Update the Codex extension. Cursor installs extensions from Open VSX, which can lag behind the official VS Code Marketplace. Since you’re on Remote SSH, the extension runs on the remote host, so update it there in the Extensions view while connected to the remote. If the Open VSX version is old, you can download a newer openai.chatgpt VSIX from the VS Code Marketplace and install it via Install from VSIX on the remote machine.
Use Cursor’s native picker. GPT-5.6 family models are available in Cursor’s own chat or agent regardless of the Codex extension, but the exact set depends on your plan. You’re on Free right now.
