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ChatGPT and Codex are currently down for some users

OpenAI's ChatGPT and Codex are experiencing elevated error rates for some users, with the incident ongoing for four hours as of the latest update. OpenAI applied a mitigation two hours ago and is monitoring recovery, while DownDetector reports a decline in outage reports.

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ChatGPT and Codex are currently down for some users
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OpenAI’s system status page confirms that some users are encountering elevated error rates when trying to use ChatGPT and Codex. Here are the details.

Partial outage ongoing for the past four hours #

According to OpenAI’s system status page, an issue is currently affecting some ChatGPT and Codex users.

The company lists the incident as follows:

Elevated Error RatesWe are investigating the issue for the listed services.

Investigating · Ongoing for 4 hours · Affects ChatGPT, Codex

OpenAI says it applied a mitigation around two hours ago and is now monitoring the recovery.

Reports on DownDetector seem to be trending down after registering sharp spikes over the past few hours, but users on X still report the issue as ongoing.

We will keep monitoring the situation and update this post once the partial outage is resolved, or if OpenAI shares more details.

Have you been experiencing issues while using ChatGPT or Codex today? Let us know in the comments.

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