Codex Dot thread failures resolved October 7 after 95 minutes
OpenAI reported that Dot in Codex could fail to create new threads on October 7, 2026. The status-page timeline runs from 4:31 PM to full recovery at 6:06 PM, a 95-minute incident.
SessionWatcher editorial · Published · Updated · Source announcement: 2026-10-07
Dot in Codex thread creation recovered
OpenAI marked an incident affecting Dot in Codex as resolved on October 7, 2026. The reported problem was that Dot could fail to create new threads. The status page lists degraded performance, with ChatGPT's dots component affected.
The incident timeline begins at 4:31 PM and ends at 6:06 PM, when OpenAI reported that all impacted services had fully recovered. That spans 95 minutes.
Mitigation and recovery timeline
OpenAI posted its investigating update at 4:31 PM. At 5:30 PM, it said mitigation had been applied and recovery was being monitored. The resolved update followed at 6:06 PM.
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