OpenAI Investigates ChatGPT and Codex Outage Ahead of Astra Launch

ChatGPT and Codex are experiencing a major outage, with users reporting errors across nearly every major ChatGPT feature.

The outage began at approximately 10:58 AM ET on Thursday, September 3. Reported impacts include ChatGPT conversations, Login, Search, File uploads, Voice mode, GPTs, Image Generation, Deep Research, Agent, ChatGPT Work, and other services. Users may be unable to load conversations, send messages, or use affected features.

OpenAI’s Codex services are also affected. The company acknowledged the problems on its status page and said: “We are investigating the issue for the listed services.”

According to the status page, at least 15 ChatGPT components are affected. These include Conversations, Login, ChatGPT Work, Codex in ChatGPT Desktop, Compliance API, Search, File uploads, Voice mode, GPTs, Image Generation, Deep Research, Agent, ChatGPT Atlas, Sites, and Connectors/Apps.

The outage comes ahead of the expected launch of OpenAI’s next major AI model, Astra, which the company recently confirmed will be released soon. OpenAI has not said whether the outage is related to preparations for Astra. The company was still investigating elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex at the time of reporting.