OpenAI incident

Elevated Work Mode errors

Resolved after 19 hours 6 minutes, affecting Codex in ChatGPT Desktop and ChatGPT Work, on October 5, 2026.

monitoring Oct 05, 2026, 09:50 AM UTC

We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery.

Started
Oct 05, 2026, 07:03 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 06, 2026, 02:10 AM UTC
Duration
19h 6m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 05, 2026, 07:03 AM UTC

Affected components

Codex in ChatGPT DesktopChatGPT Work

Update timeline

  1. investigating Oct 05, 2026, 07:03 AM UTC

    We are observing elevated Work Mode errors. Scheduled tasks may also be impacted.

  2. investigating Oct 05, 2026, 07:14 AM UTC

    We are continuing to observe elevated Work Mode errors. Scheduled tasks may also be impacted.

  3. monitoring Oct 05, 2026, 09:50 AM UTC

    We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery.

  4. resolved Oct 06, 2026, 02:10 AM UTC

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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