OpenAI Status · History · Incident #6345

RESOLVED

Increase in errors on API, Codex and Work Mode

Minor · Started Aug 11, 2026 · 9:35 PM

Duration

1h 7m
Severity

Minor
Detection lead

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User reports

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Summary

Increase in errors on API, Codex and Work Mode

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Started

Aug 11, 2026 · 9:35 PM
Resolved

Aug 11, 2026 · 10:42 PM
Duration

1h 7m
Severity

None

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

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Identified
Aug 11 · 9:35 PM OpenAI

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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Identified
Aug 11 · 9:37 PM OpenAI

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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Identified
Aug 11 · 9:39 PM OpenAI

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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Monitoring
Aug 11 · 10:16 PM OpenAI

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
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Resolved
Aug 11 · 10:42 PM OpenAI

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Pattern

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