On Friday, at approximately 3 PM Pacific Time, OpenAI's programming tool, Codex, suffered a sudden and total outage that disrupted its web platform, command-line interface, plugins, and API services. The problem was resolved after 68 minutes. Just two hours prior to the outage, OpenAI had released a statement admitting that its AI tools had been inadvertently transmitting user data to third-party services without permission, sparking a flurry of online discussions. Some internet users humorously remarked that, given that over 90% of Codex's code was generated by itself, OpenAI might have even had to turn to a rival, Claude Code, for assistance in resolving the post-outage issues.

Following the incident, the head of Codex announced a complete reset of quotas for all paid subscribers of Codex and ChatGPT Work, encouraging users to take advantage of their refreshed quotas. Given that this executive often provides such perks, they have been affectionately dubbed the "Cyber Godfather" by Chinese users, and the community has even created a website to track quota resets. The incident underscored the heavy reliance of developers on AI tools. However, with over 30 incidents already reported that month, OpenAI may be pushing the limits of users' patience.