Outage in OpenAI
Increase in users hitting Codex rate limits
Resolved Minor
May 22, 2026 - Started 1 day ago
- Lasted about 18 hours
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
OpenAI experienced an issue where an increased number of users were hitting Codex rate limits, affecting both Codex and ChatGPT services. The incident lasted 18.4 hours before a mitigation was successfully applied. The team monitored the recovery after implementing the fix.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
MONITORING
about 23 hours ago - at 05/22/2026 07:16PM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
MONITORING
about 23 hours ago - at 05/22/2026 07:16PM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
INVESTIGATING
1 day ago - at 05/22/2026 04:37PM
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
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