Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page
OpenAI incident: Elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex
Resolved after 1 h 57 m (3 Sep 2026, 14:58–16:55 UTC), impact minor, affecting Login, File uploads, Voice mode, Search, Conversations, Compliance API, Image Generation, GPTs, Agent, Deep Research, Codex Web, Connectors/Apps, ChatGPT Atlas, CLI, Codex in ChatGPT Desktop, VS Code extension, Codex API, ChatGPT Work and Sites.
Timeline
- investigating
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved
The issue causing elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex has been resolved. Some Codex remote control users may need to pair their mobile device again following this incident.
Affected components
- ChatGPT · Login: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · File uploads: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Voice mode: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Search: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Conversations: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Compliance API: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Image Generation: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · GPTs: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Agent: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Deep Research: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- Codex · Codex Web: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Connectors/Apps: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · ChatGPT Atlas: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- Codex · CLI: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Codex in ChatGPT Desktop: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- Codex · VS Code extension: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- Codex · Codex API: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · ChatGPT Work: degraded for 1 h 57 m
- ChatGPT · Sites: degraded for 1 h 57 m
Source
OpenAI's own report of this incident, on OpenAI's status page. This page is a record of OpenAI's own report; where the two disagree, theirs is right.
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