Is Codex down?
No — Codex is operational
Taken from OpenAI's official status page (status.openai.com) and refreshed every minute.
- Components
- 5 of 5 operational
- 30-day uptime
- 98.99%
- Last checked
- Last Codex incident
Codex components
- Codex Web Operational 99.87%
- Codex API Operational 99.87%
- Codex CLI Operational 99.87%
- VS Code extension Operational 99.87%
- Codex in ChatGPT Desktop Operational 99.12%
Related dependencies
Codex signs in through ChatGPT and calls the Responses API, so these two can affect it — but a failure here is not the same as Codex being down, which is why they are not counted in the answer above.
- Responses API Operational
- ChatGPT Login Operational
Last 30 days
OperationalDegradedPartial outageMajor outageNo data
Uptime counts only partial and major outages, the same convention OpenAI uses on its own status page — periods of degraded performance are coloured separately and reported as degraded time in the statistics below.
Recent Codex incidents
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Resolved
Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Affected components
- Codex in ChatGPT Desktop
- ChatGPT Work
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Resolved
Degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode
We have resolved the issue causing degraded performance with GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex and ChatGPT Work.
Affected components
- Codex Web
- CLI
- VS Code extension
- Codex API
- ChatGPT Work
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Resolved
Degraded performance in Codex and Work mode: Dot turn failures, delayed responses, and reduced proactivity
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Affected components
- dots
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Resolved
Dot in Codex may fail to create new threads
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Affected components
- dots
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Resolved
Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app
We have released an updated app version with the fix for Linux, macOS and Windows. Affected users should update to the latest version.
Affected components
- Codex in ChatGPT Desktop
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Resolved
Elevated error rates in Codex Cloud
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
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Resolved
Elevated Work Mode errors
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Affected components
- Codex in ChatGPT Desktop
- ChatGPT Work
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Resolved
Elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API including the Agents API
Affected components
- Codex Web
- VS Code extension
- CLI
- Codex in ChatGPT Desktop
- Codex API
- Login
- +24 more
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Resolved
Issues with Codex
Affected components
- Codex Web
- CLI
- VS Code extension
- Codex API
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Resolved
Mobile users unable to see Work Mode and the Model Picker
Affected components
- Codex in ChatGPT Desktop
- ChatGPT Work
- Connectors/Apps
- Sites
- Login
- File uploads
- +8 more
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Resolved
Elevated error rates for Codex and ChatGPT Work
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Resolved
Codex GitHub Review and Pull Request Failures
Affected components
- Codex in ChatGPT Desktop
Incident statistics (last 30 days)
- Codex incidents
- 10
- Median recovery
- 4h 4m
- Longest
- 19h 6m
- Degraded time
- 2d 1h
- Records start
Codex down, or out of usage?
Most searches for “is Codex down” happen when the service itself is fine: a spent 5-hour or weekly limit returns a limit message, not an error, and OpenAI's status stays green throughout. If the answer above is operational and Codex still will not run for you, check your own limits before treating it as an outage.
Codex status: frequently asked questions
Is Codex down right now?
OpenAI's official status page reports Codex as operational as of October 16, 2026 at 07:45 PM. That reading is checked every minute and covers Codex Web, the Codex API, the CLI, the VS Code extension and Codex in ChatGPT Desktop.
Where does this page get its data?
Entirely from OpenAI's public status page: its status API for the current state, and its incident feed and RSS for history. We run no probes of our own and do not guess, so what you see here matches what OpenAI publishes.
Is the Codex CLI down?
The CLI is tracked as its own component above, separate from Codex Web and the Codex API, so it can be degraded on its own. It also depends on ChatGPT login and the Responses API, which are listed separately.
Is the Codex API down?
“Codex API” is its own component. The wider API platform can be degraded without touching Codex, so read the row that names the Codex API rather than the overall banner.
Is Codex down for everyone, or just me?
If the answer above is operational and Codex still fails for you, the cause is likely local: an expired login, a spent usage limit, a network problem or an outdated CLI. Try a second client, and check your own usage.
How often is this page updated?
We read OpenAI's official status page once a minute, and this page refreshes itself while you keep it open. During an incident, OpenAI's own updates are mirrored as they are published.
Does OpenAI publish an official Codex status page?
OpenAI publishes one status page for everything it ships, and Codex is four components on it. This page shows the same data filtered to Codex, with uptime history and incident statistics added on top.
How this page works
Source: OpenAI's official status page at status.openai.com — its status API for live readings, and its incident feed for history. No probes, no crowdsourced reports and no assumptions: every status shown here is OpenAI's own wording.
We poll once a minute and record each status change with its exact timestamp, then compute uptime from those intervals instead of sampling. Availability counts partial and major outages only, the same convention OpenAI uses, and degraded time is reported separately so nothing is hidden. Days before our first record are shown as blank rather than filled in.
Unofficial page, not affiliated with OpenAI. The data belongs to OpenAI and is reproduced here with a link to the source; always check the official status page before acting on anything you read.