Codex outage: users hit widespread 401 Unauthorized errors

JeremyNguyenPhD · x · 2026-09-26

Jeremy Nguyen confirms Codex is hitting a widespread error for many users — "unexpected status 401 Unauthorized: Incorrect API key provided" — and quips that everyone is on Claude Code until it's fixed. Further evidence of the ongoing Codex outage.

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