OpenAI reports elevated errors across Codex, ChatGPT and API
OpenAI's status page says elevated errors affected Codex, ChatGPT and the API on September 29, 2026. The incident began at 5:52 PM and was resolved at 11:14 PM, with affected services reported recovered.
SessionWatcher editorial · Published · Updated · Source announcement: 2026-09-29
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Codex affected by elevated errors
OpenAI's status page reported elevated errors affecting Codex, ChatGPT and the API, including the Agents API, on September 29, 2026. It listed Codex Web, Codex API, CLI and the VS Code extension among the affected components.
The page's incident timeline starts at 5:52 PM and ends with resolution at 11:14 PM. It does not specify a timezone in the supplied incident text.
OpenAI says services recovered
During the incident, OpenAI said users might experience failed requests, login or sign-up difficulty, and tasks that did not complete. The company later said it had applied a mitigation and was monitoring recovery.
At 11:14 PM, OpenAI marked the issue resolved and said all affected services had recovered. The status page said a detailed root cause analysis would be published within five business days.
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