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GitHub · Developer toolsJul 20, 2026, 16:03 UTC

Disruption with GPT 5.3 Codex

MinorDependencyUpdated 17h ago
Jul 20, 16:03 UTCJul 20, 18:37 UTC
Duration
2h 34m
Impact
Minor
Root cause
Dependency
GitHub, 90 days
68 incidents
Affected
Not listed by the vendor.
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Final update

Between 06:39 and 18:11 UTC on July 20, 2026, the Copilot service experienced a degradation of the GPT 5.3 model due to an issue with our upstream provider. The upstream model provider returned intermittent errors for GPT 5.3 Codex requests, which caused some responses to fail. Auto mode requests that had selected GPT 5.3 Codex were also impacted. On average about 2% of GPT 5.3 Codex requests failed during this window. Copilot automatically routed eligible traffic away from the impacted provider to reduce customer impact. No other models were impacted. We worked with the upstream provider throughout the incident and confirmed sustained recovery before resolving.

Timeline

  1. Resolved · Jul 20, 18:37 UTC
    Between 06:39 and 18:11 UTC on July 20, 2026, the Copilot service experienced a degradation of the GPT 5.3 model due to an issue with our upstream provider. The upstream model provider returned intermittent errors for GPT 5.3 Codex requests, which caused some responses to fail. Auto mode requests that had selected GPT 5.3 Codex were also impacted. On average about 2% of GPT 5.3 Codex requests failed during this window. Copilot automatically routed eligible traffic away from the impacted provider to reduce customer impact. No other models were impacted. We worked with the upstream provider throughout the incident and confirmed sustained recovery before resolving.

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