Outage in OpenAI ChatGPT

Issues with Increased Codex Usage Rate

Resolved Minor

March 06, 2026 - Started about 1 month ago - Lasted about 6 hours

Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

ChatGPT and Codex experienced an issue where usage was being consumed faster than expected, causing users to hit rate limits sooner than intended. The incident lasted 6.5 hours and affected users' ability to use these services at normal rates. The team worked on implementing a mitigation to resolve the accelerated usage consumption problem.

We have identified an issue causing Codex usage to be consumed faster than expected, which may cause some users to hit rate limits sooner than intended. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

Components affected

OpenAI ChatGPT ChatGPT OpenAI ChatGPT Codex

Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

IDENTIFIED about 1 month ago - at 03/06/2026 10:08PM

We have identified an issue causing Codex usage to be consumed faster than expected, which may cause some users to hit rate limits sooner than intended.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

IDENTIFIED about 1 month ago - at 03/06/2026 07:20PM

We have identified an issue causing Codex usage to be consumed faster than expected, which may cause some users to hit rate limits sooner than intended.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

IDENTIFIED about 1 month ago - at 03/06/2026 06:35PM

We have identified an issue causing Codex usage to be consumed faster than expected, which may cause some users to hit rate limits sooner than intended.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

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