OpenAI incident
Users may experience elevated errors in ChatGPT uploading files and Codex Cloud creating tasks
OpenAI experienced a minor incident on May 11, 2026 affecting Codex Web and File uploads, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Codex WebFile uploads
Update timeline
- investigating May 11, 2026, 01:23 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components File uploads (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Degraded performance)
- monitoring May 11, 2026, 03:23 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components File uploads (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Operational)
- resolved May 11, 2026, 05:35 AM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Codex Web (Operational) File uploads (Operational)