# OpenAI: Issues with Codex 

- Impact (vendor’s label): critical
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-09-25 22:58 UTC · Resolved: 2026-09-25 23:54 UTC · Duration: 56 min
- Updates: 6 · Affected components: Codex Web, CLI, VS Code extension, Codex API
- [Vendor status page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39)
- [Company: OpenAI](https://rewindex.com/company/openai.md)

## 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. _(machine-written, sol)_
## Discussed on Hacker News

- [Tell HN: Codex Is Down \[fixed\]](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851032): 65 points, 73 comments, posted 2026-09-25 22:51 UTC, posted 7 min before the vendor’s first update
- [Issues with Codex – Identified – Full Outage](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851169): 27 points, 1 comments, posted 2026-09-25 23:04 UTC, posted 6 min after the vendor’s first update

## Timeline of updates

- **identified** 2026-09-25 22:58 UTC: We have identified that users are experiencing a codex outage. We have identified the internal issue and are heading towards a mitigation.
- **identified** 2026-09-25 23:03 UTC: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- **identified** 2026-09-25 23:19 UTC: Login via API key will unblock access at this time.
- **identified** 2026-09-25 23:34 UTC: We have identified root cause and are moving towards mitigation.
- **monitoring** 2026-09-25 23:45 UTC: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- **resolved** 2026-09-25 23:54 UTC: All impacted services have now fully recovered.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-09-25 22:58 UTC: [Critical incident: Issues with Codex](https://rewindex.com/change/ic7fb824eecc22b.md)


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/openai/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39 · Generated 2026-10-18T09:47:52.200Z