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OpenAI Codex experiences widespread outage with API authentication errors

OpenAI's Codex suffered a full outage in which users received 'Incorrect API Key' errors despite holding valid credentials, according to OpenAI's status page, and the incident was resolved after mitigation was applied. Users on Hacker News reported a lack of transparent communication during the incident.

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OpenAI Codex experiences widespread outage with API authentication errors
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According to OpenAI's status page, Codex experienced a full outage where users encountered 'Incorrect API Key' errors despite holding valid credentials. The incident was resolved after mitigation was applied. Users on Hacker News reported lack of transparent communication during the incident.

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- Official[Read article](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39)
- Social[HN thread](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49851032)

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