OpenAI Status · History · Incident #5655

RESOLVED

Some users are unable to access Codex

Minor · Started Jul 18, 2026 · 8:05 AM

Duration

4h 52m
Severity

Minor
Detection lead

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User reports

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Summary

Some users are unable to access Codex

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Started

Jul 18, 2026 · 8:05 AM
Resolved

Jul 18, 2026 · 12:58 PM
Duration

4h 52m
Severity

Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

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Identified
Jul 18 · 8:05 AM OpenAI

We have identified an issue causing some users to receive access-denied errors when using the Codex desktop app and CLI.
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Monitoring
Jul 18 · 8:31 AM OpenAI

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
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Resolved
Jul 18 · 12:58 PM OpenAI

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Pattern

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