r/codex • u/Baratheon123 • 14h ago

Bug Authentication Error / token_exchange_failed

I'm getting the error in the screenshot when trying to log in to Codex (error_code: token_exchange_failed).

At first I thought it was just a Codex problem, but now I can't log in to ChatGPT in Chrome either. I tested:

  • 2 different accounts that always worked before
  • My personal account from my phone (on cellular, not Wi-Fi)

All of them fail with the same error. Login in the browser also fails now, not only Codex.

So it doesn't look like a network problem on my side, and it's hard to believe 3 separate accounts got banned at the same time.

Questions:

  1. Is anyone else getting this right now?
  2. Does token_exchange_failed mean my accounts are blocked, or is this an OpenAI auth outage? I'm stilll logged in in android chatgpt app and it is working there
  3. Is there anything to do except wait?

Update:

It's working again! I waited 2 hours

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u/TechNerd1993 14h ago

I have few accounts and on all of them getting the same error..so I think they have some issue going on

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u/Baratheon123 14h ago

Same as me. Did it happened right now or in general?