Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Degraded performance in Codex and Work mode: Dot turn failures, delayed responses, and reduced proactivity

Resolved after 1 h 1 m (7 Oct 2026, 17:21–18:23 UTC), impact minor, affecting dots.

Timeline

1. 7 Oct 2026 at 17:21 UTC investigating

   We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

2. 7 Oct 2026 at 18:23 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · dots: degraded for 1 h 1 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.

Last checked 30 Oct 2026 at 16:25 UTC.

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