OpenAI incident
Codex Usage Limits Depleting Faster Than Expected
OpenAI experienced a minor incident on June 29, 2026 affecting Codex Web and Codex API and 1 more component, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Jun 26, 2026, 05:04 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We are investigating reports that Codex usage limits are being consumed faster than expected. Affected components Codex API (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Degraded performance) CLI (Degraded performance) App (Degraded performance) VS Code extension (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Jun 26, 2026, 11:24 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have identified that some reports of Codex usage limits depleting faster than expected are related to our abuse and fraud prevention systems incorrectly rate limiting certain accounts. The impact appears limited, and we have not observed broader degradation to Codex usage. We are continuing to monitor the situation. Affected components Codex Web (Operational) CLI (Operational) App (Operational) VS Code extension (Operational) Codex API (Operational)
- resolved Jun 29, 2026, 05:06 PM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Codex Web (Operational) CLI (Operational) App (Operational) VS Code extension (Operational) Codex API (Operational)