Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Elevated error rates in Codex Cloud

Resolved after 6 h 2 m (5 Oct 2026 17:58 – 6 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC), impact none.

Timeline

1. 5 Oct 2026 at 17:58 UTC identified

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors within Codex Cloud. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

2. 5 Oct 2026 at 18:07 UTC monitoring

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

3. 6 Oct 2026 at 08:22 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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.

Last checked 30 Oct 2026 at 16:28 UTC.

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