Codex hit by cross-model "at capacity" errors, routing failure suspected
LiangDazhu · ghdev · 2026-09-07
A developer filed an issue on openai/codex reporting repeated "Selected model is at capacity" errors across multiple models, including GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.6 variants.
Key points:
- The error affects several models simultaneously; switching models often triggers the same error and retries don't reliably recover;
- The author suspects a Codex backend capacity or request-routing problem rather than any single model being overloaded;
- Suggested fixes: auto-routing to available backends, distinguishing model capacity vs. account throttling vs. regional capacity vs. serving failures, and surfacing request IDs for diagnostics.
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