OpenAI incident
Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app
OpenAI experienced a minor incident on October 7, 2026 affecting Codex in ChatGPT Desktop, lasting 9h 53m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 07, 2026, 02:00 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Partial outage)
- identified Oct 07, 2026, 05:54 AM UTC
Status: Identified we have identified the issue, working on rolling back to the previous version. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Partial outage)
- identified Oct 07, 2026, 09:28 AM UTC
Status: Identified We have identified the issue. We have released an updated app version for Linux and macOS. We are actively working to roll out the fix for Windows. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Partial outage)
- identified Oct 07, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC
Status: Identified We are actively working on a fixed app version for Windows. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Partial outage)
- resolved Oct 07, 2026, 11:53 AM UTC
Status: Resolved We have released an updated app version with the fix for Linux, macOS and Windows. Affected users should update to the latest version. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Operational)