ChatGPT, Codex and API hit major outage, users speculate a new model launch

ethotopia · reddit · 2026-09-03

A Reddit user reports a major simultaneous outage across OpenAI services: the ChatGPT API, ChatGPT web, and Codex are all down. The poster excitedly speculates this signals the launch of a new model dubbed "Astra" — OpenAI has historically seen service hiccups around model launches, but there is no official basis for the claim.

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