OpenAI: Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs
Affected components: LoginFile uploadsVoice modeSearchConversationsImagesBatchChat CompletionsAudioFine-tuningRealtimeFilesEmbeddingsModerationsCompliance APIResponsesImage GenerationGPTsAgentLoginDeep ResearchCodex WebConnectors/AppsCLICodex in ChatGPT DesktopCodex APIChatGPT WorkSitesSpacedotsDecisionsAgentsLive
Timeline of updates
- investigating
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Changes Rewindex caught on this incident
- Incident updated: Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs
- Incident silently edited: Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs
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In the 2026-10-21 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
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In the 2026-10-21 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
5d097fb7f594ff7a…Version 3 captured
In the 2026-10-21 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
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Cite this
Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by OpenAI, started 2026-10-21 02:26 UTC, resolved after 1.0 h, 3 update(s); edited after publishing.
- Title
- Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs
- Vendor
- OpenAI
- Date
- URL
- https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5E4G39TD1BW1QWHZG6RFA5H
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