OpenAI experienced a minor incident on October 5, 2026 affecting Codex in ChatGPT Desktop and ChatGPT Work, lasting 19h 6m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 05, 2026, 07:03 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are observing elevated Work Mode errors. Scheduled tasks may also be impacted. Affected components ChatGPT Work (Degraded performance)
- investigating Oct 05, 2026, 07:14 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are continuing to observe elevated Work Mode errors. Scheduled tasks may also be impacted. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Work (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Oct 05, 2026, 09:50 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Work (Degraded performance)
- resolved Oct 06, 2026, 02:10 AM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Operational) ChatGPT Work (Operational)