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Codex CLI Falling back from WebSockets to HTTPS transport #35323
Description
What version of Codex CLI is running?
codex-cli 0.144.6
What subscription do you have?
ChatGPT Plus
Which model were you using?
gpt 5.6 sol xhigh
What platform is your computer?
WIndows 11 x86
What terminal emulator and version are you using (if applicable)?
Command Prompt on Windows 11
Codex doctor report
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}What issue are you seeing?
When I sent a message to Codex, it started working on it, but suddenly its Reconnection attempts were triggered then I got these errors.
⚠ Falling back from WebSockets to HTTPS transport. unexpected status 503 Service Unavailable: Service Unavailable, url:
wss://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses, cf-ray: a20a1b8f6da34850-BOM, auth error: 503, auth error code:
biscuit_baker_service_me_circuit_open
■ unexpected status 503 Service Unavailable: Service Unavailable, url: https://chatgpt.com/backend-api/codex/responses,
cf-ray: a20a1cd15fbb0028-BOM, auth error: 503, auth error code: biscuit_baker_service_me_circuit_open
What steps can reproduce the bug?
Uploaded thread: 019f7bb6-e134-7dd1-8a5b-5c9ef6f361a5
What is the expected behavior?
No response
Additional information
No response
Activity
github-actions commentedon Jul 25, 2026
Potential duplicates detected. Please review them and close your issue if it is a duplicate.
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