Changes / OpenAI / Issues with Codex
OpenAI: Critical incident: Issues with Codex
Summary
Codex experienced a critical outage with elevated errors starting 2026-09-25 22:58 UTC, lasting 55 min and resolving at 2026-09-25 23:54 UTC. OpenAI advised that login via API key would unblock access, then applied a mitigation and confirmed full recovery.
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What changed
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After: Issues with Codex
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After: resolved
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After: 2026-09-25 22:58 UTC
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After: 2026-09-25 23:54 UTC
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After: We have identified that users are experiencing a codex outage.
We have identified the internal issue and are heading towards a mitigation.
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After: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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After: Login via API key will unblock access at this time.
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After: We have identified root cause and are moving towards mitigation.
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After: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
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After: All impacted services have now fully recovered.
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History of this incident
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| Critical incident: Issues with Codex (this change) Codex experienced a critical outage with elevated errors starting 2026-09-25 22:58 UTC, lasting 55 min and resolving at 2026-09-25 23:54 UTC. OpenAI advised that login via API key would unblock access, then applied a mitigation and confirmed full recovery. | Major incident |