Codex outages and slowdowns disrupt work
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Some tools are temporarily unavailable error.
### What issue are you seeing? Ive been getting this for the last hour on both desktop and browser. Cant connect to my studio app since. Status page shows no issue. ### What steps can reproduce the bug? Type in any chat and the error appears, codex does not see/detect and MCP...
Issues with Codex – Identified – Full Outage
OpenAI having an outage with 5.6 sol?
For about 30 minutes now I keep getting the following from codex: Selected model is at capacity. Please try a different model. Anyone else seeing this? Their status page looks like everything is fine at the moment.
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Evidence
3 posts from 3 people in 3 places, about 1 a week over 49 days. Mostly on Ask HN, Hacker News stories, openai/codex.
Frustration Frustration 0 of 3· Seen on Hacker News, GitHub issues
How it was grouped
Posts that state a pain and match the "outage" rule about Codex. First post Sep 2, 2026, latest Oct 20, 2026. Corroborated: 3 or more posts from 2 or more people or places. Method
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