# Issues with Codex 

- Provider: [OpenAI](https://down.guide/openai)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Major outage
- lasted 56m
- started 2026-09-25 22:58 UTC
- Codex API, Codex Web, CLI +1
- id: DWN-8499f8fe42
- Official page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39

## Root cause
> We have identified root cause and are moving towards mitigation.

[Postmortem](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M3DCNWMW57HYK8FJ5FBFPA39)

## Updates from OpenAI
### 2026-09-25 22:58 UTC: identified
We have identified that users are experiencing a codex outage.
We have identified the internal issue and are heading towards a mitigation.

### 2026-09-25 23:03 UTC: identified
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.

### 2026-09-25 23:19 UTC: identified
Login via API key will unblock access at this time.

### 2026-09-25 23:34 UTC: identified
We have identified root cause and are moving towards mitigation.

### 2026-09-25 23:45 UTC: monitoring
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

### 2026-09-25 23:54 UTC: resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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