# ChatGPT: Elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor · Downplayed?
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-09-03 14:58 UTC · Resolved: 2026-09-03 16:55 UTC · Duration: 1.9 h
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: Login, File uploads, Voice mode, Search, Conversations, Compliance API, Image Generation, GPTs, Agent, Deep Research, Codex Web, Connectors/Apps, CLI, Codex in ChatGPT Desktop, VS Code extension, Codex API, ChatGPT Work, Sites
- [Vendor status page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M1KWEDH417T2CF44YYHZDFCR](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M1KWEDH417T2CF44YYHZDFCR)
- [Company: ChatGPT](https://rewindex.com/company/chatgpt.md)

## Downplayed?

Vendor rated this minor; a Hacker News thread about it drew 404 points and 705 comments. [Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551096)

_This is an automated signal, not a finding. It compares the vendor’s own impact rating with public Hacker News activity (points, comments in the first hour, distinct commenters, first-hand symptom reports). HN users skew technical, so the impact on any one customer may differ. Method: [About: Hacker News signals](https://rewindex.com/about#signals)_
## Discussed on Hacker News

- [Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49551096): 404 points, 705 comments, posted 2026-09-03 15:07 UTC, posted 9 min after the vendor’s first update
- [ChatGPT outage – Resolved](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49550614): 362 points, 319 comments, posted 2026-09-03 14:46 UTC, posted 12 min before the vendor’s first update
- [Claude outage – Resolved](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49549676): 205 points, 151 comments, posted 2026-09-03 13:29 UTC, posted 89 min before the vendor’s first update

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-09-03 14:43 UTC: We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- **monitoring** 2026-09-03 15:17 UTC: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- **resolved** 2026-09-03 16:55 UTC: 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.


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/chatgpt/incidents/01M1KWEDH417T2CF44YYHZDFCR · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/chatgpt/incidents/01M1KWEDH417T2CF44YYHZDFCR.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/chatgpt/incidents/01M1KWEDH417T2CF44YYHZDFCR · Generated 2026-10-18T09:33:24.713Z