Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work

Resolved after 2 h 47 m (14 Oct 2026, 07:05–09:53 UTC), impact minor, affecting Codex in ChatGPT Desktop and ChatGPT Work.

Timeline

1. 14 Oct 2026 at 07:05 UTC identified

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

2. 14 Oct 2026 at 09:19 UTC identified

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are still implementing the mitigation.

3. 14 Oct 2026 at 09:53 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · Codex in ChatGPT Desktop: degraded for 2 h 47 m
• ChatGPT · ChatGPT Work: degraded for 2 h 47 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 16:26 UTC.

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