OpenAI Codex outage caused by backend key error
OpenAI reported a Codex outage caused by an internal 401 backend key error. The company said it identified the issue and is working toward mitigation.
First seen 25 Sep, 22:58 UTC on status.openai.com3 sourcesLast update 24d ago
OpenAIIncident · 25 Sep
Major outage
What the sources say
Linked, never rewritten. Official means the lab itself.
Official2
status.openai.com· 25 Sep, 22:58Codex down due to 401 backend key errorstatus.openai.com· 25 Sep, 23:54Issues with CodexPress0
No independent coverage yet.
How it unfolded
Every source in the order it appeared. Times in UTC.
What the numbers did
Signals for OpenAI from two hours before this story to ten days after: leaderboards, app charts, usage, prices and status.
▲UsageOpenAI's share of OpenRouter spend up 1.3 points in a week, to 27.1%▼StatusOpenAI reports degraded service: Help Center & Support Chat is down•StatusOpenAI's status page is back to normal after 6 hours▼StatusOpenAI reports degraded service: Elevated errors in ChatGPT Space Pages▲UsageOpenAI's share of OpenRouter spend up 1.4 points in a week, to 27.2%▲UsageOpenAI's share of OpenRouter spend up 1.5 points in a week, to 27.4%•StatusOpenAI's status page is back to normal after 46 hours▲UsageOpenAI's share of OpenRouter spend up 1.8 points in a week, to 27.7%▼StatusOpenAI reports degraded service: Issues with data analysis and file creation in ChatGPT▲ArenaGPT-6.1 Sol enters Arena's text leaderboard at #18•StatusOpenAI's status page is back to normal after 53 minutes▲UsageOpenAI's share of OpenRouter spend up 1.9 points in a week, to 28.1%
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