Dictation fails with 403

“Logs show successful microphone initialization and recording, followed by a blocked transcription request.”

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Dictation fails with HTTP 403 on /transcribe in VS Code. Recording starts and the waveform responds, but stopping shows “Dictation stopped” with no transcript; logs show cloudflare_challenge.

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Where: VS Code extension
Error text: Error fetching httpStatus=403 statusText=Forbidden url=/transcribePasted in 2 reports
[error] [Composer] dictation failed errorMessage=cloudflare_challenge errorName=ErrorPasted in 2 reports
Versions: 26.930.31730 to 26.930.41038
Platforms: Linux, macOS, Windows
How bad: Breaks a normal workflow.

Related: VS Code follow-ups stuck in queue

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Original reports7, newest first

Oct 16, 2026WSL VS Code dictation fails with Cloudflare 403 while local Windows dictation worksOn GitHub#54592
Oct 9, 2026VS Code Codex dictation fails with HTTP 403 cloudflare_challengeOn GitHub#52706
Oct 9, 2026Codex in VS Code: dictation fails with HTTP 403 cloudflare_challengeOn the forum#1404658
Oct 4, 2026VS Code dictation fails with 403 /transcribe cloudflare_challenge; ChatGPT web dictation worksOn GitHub#50935
Oct 3, 2026Codex VS Code extension: /transcribe returns HTTP 403 cloudflare_challengeOn GitHub#50579
Sep 29, 2026Voice dictation fails with 403 Forbidden in Codex VS Code extensionOn GitHub#49351
Sep 23, 2026VS Code Codex dictation fails with 403; Voice settings panel is blank on WindowsOn GitHub#47473