Minor impactResolvedAI/ML

OpenAI incident: Dot in Codex may fail to create new threads

OpenAI reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Oct 7, 2026, 16:31 UTC. It was resolved after 1h 35m.

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Oct 7, 2026, 16:31 UTC
started
Oct 7, 2026, 18:06 UTC
resolved
1h 35m
duration
Minor
impact
  1. resolvedOct 7, 2026, 18:06 UTC

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

  2. monitoringOct 7, 2026, 17:30 UTC

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

  3. investigatingOct 7, 2026, 16:31 UTC

    We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

What APIStatus.watch saw

  • Oct 7, 2026, 16:33 UTCoperational → degraded
  • Oct 7, 2026, 18:23 UTCdegraded → operational

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