ChatGPT: Authentication errors for some users
Affected components: LoginLoginCodex WebCLIVS Code extensionCodex API
Timeline of updates
- investigatingEdited
Some users near Illinois experienced authentication errors with the API, ChatGPT, and Codex.
- resolvedEdited
On October 20, from 9:35 to 10:35 a.m. PDT, some users near Illinois experienced authentication errors with the API, ChatGPT, and Codex. We rolled back a configuration change, and service was restored.
Changes Rewindex caught on this incident
- Major incident: Authentication errors for some API users
- Incident silently edited: Authentication errors for some users
Archive proof
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How the archive is checked, and what it cannot prove.
First version captured
In the 2026-10-21 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
820df8862c0f2c93…Version 2 captured
In the 2026-10-21 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
7237ced0f0460429…
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