Verified Pro subscriber silently routed to GPT-5.2 instead of requested GPT-5.3-codex
Resolved 💬 12 comments Opened Feb 16, 2026 by khaled-wsa Closed Feb 18, 2026
💡 Likely answer: A maintainer (github-actions[bot], contributor)
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What issue are you seeing?
After completing identity verification, I had normal gpt-5.3-codex access for two days. Then, without any change on my end, I was silently downgraded to gpt-5.2 not even gpt-5.2-codex. The downgrade has persisted for 22+ hours. No error, no warning; the CLI just quietly serves a different model.
Confirmed with:
RUST_LOG='codex_api::sse::responses=trace' codex exec \
--skip-git-repo-check -s read-only -m 'gpt-5.3-codex' \
'hi' 2>&1 >/dev/null | rg -o --replace '$1' '"model":"([^"]+)"' | head -n1
Output: gpt-5.2-2025-12-11
Expected: gpt-5.3-codex
What steps can reproduce the bug?
- Be an ID verified ChatGPT Pro subscriber.
- Use Codex normally on non-sensitive repos.
- At some point, get silently downgraded.
- Run the trace command above to confirm.
What is the expected behavior?
A verified Pro subscriber requesting gpt-5.3-codex should receive gpt-5.3-codex. If a downgrade happens, the CLI should surface the reason explicitly.
Additional information
- Affects multiple verified Pro users.
- The downgrade is sticky and doesn't self-resolve.
- If this is a safety classifier issue it needs tuning and users need transparency, not silent downgrades.
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Same here
Thanks for reporting, and apologies for the inconvenience. We're aware of the issue and are actively working on a mitigation. I'll share updates as they become available.
Is there a way to verify that this isn't also silently happening on the desktop app? The UI shows GPT-5.3-Codex but that might not mean much.
Same here
The downgrade is account-wide. If you are using the same account on the desktop app, it is likely also running GPT-5.2, regardless of what the interface displays.
More than 24h has passed and still no 5.3. So sad
Same issue here
If you experienced a downgrade from
gpt-5.3-codextogpt-5.2despite completing Trusted Access verification, access togpt-5.3-codexshould now be restored. This fix took longer than expected. The team needed to work through some deployment issues over the past day. The fix is now rolling out across our clusters.If you’ve completed Trusted Access verification and are still seeing a downgrade, please open a new bug report and provide details. Likewise, if you're having trouble with the verification process, please open a bug report.
This issue is related to new cybersecurity safeguards we’re implementing for
gpt-5.3-codexand future models. We’ve published additional documentation explaining these safeguards and why they’re necessary.We’re also rolling out client updates that provide clear messaging when a downgrade occurs. The latest CLI release (v0.102.0) includes this notification. Updated versions of the Codex IDE extension and app will be available shortly with the same messaging. The notification links directly to the new documentation and verification instructions.
We recognize that this rollout caused frustration. We’ll learn from this and aim for smoother releases going forward. Thank you for your patience while we worked through this.
same problem , i can not sleep tonight do the work by my hands ? fk terrible
same problem here. this is bullshit paying 230 eur per month and you just block access.
So I have to hand my ID over to Persona, a dodgy US surveillance company to restore the ability to use what I paid for?
https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/