Is Codex down? Desktop and ChatGPT Work errors ongoing October 14
OpenAI reports elevated errors affecting Codex in ChatGPT Desktop and ChatGPT Work on October 14. The status-page timeline starts at 07:05 AM, and the incident remained ongoing more than 30 minutes later.
SessionWatcher editorial · Published · Updated · Source announcement: 2026-10-14
Codex Desktop and ChatGPT Work are affected
OpenAI's October 14 status page reports degraded performance affecting Codex in ChatGPT Desktop and ChatGPT Work. It says users are experiencing elevated errors in the impacted services.
The affected-component timeline begins at 07:05 AM and extends to “Now” in the supplied snapshot. The page displays the identified update as 48 minutes old, so the incident had exceeded 30 minutes.
Mitigation is still in progress
OpenAI says it is working on implementing a mitigation. The supplied page shows the incident as identified, with no recovery update or end time yet.
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