How Ultrafast Cut Incident Investigation From Hours to Minutes at OpenAI
OpenAI, Monday, October 26th, 2026
Ultrafast is a high-speed mode in Codex, and for engineers at OpenAI, it's become the default for incident response.
Ultrafast is a high-speed mode in Codex, and OpenAI engineers have made it their default for incident response.
When something breaks, engineers often don't have time to wait minutes for an answer while the issue compounds.
With Ultrafast, they can investigate multiple potential causes at once and get answers without splitting their attention.