OpenAI is currently experiencing a major incident affecting Codex in ChatGPT Desktop and ChatGPT Work, which began 3h ago. The vendor's full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Codex in ChatGPT DesktopChatGPT Work
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)