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🟡 OpenAI's iOS and Android apps decided authentication is optional. Login, signup, and assorted features are having an existential crisis while engineers frantically Google "why does my code hate me." They're investigating, which is consultant-speak for "we have no idea yet."

⏰ 2h ago It's bad spotted via status_rss

// The official story

Widespread feature degradation

// Status page says

Status: Investigating We are investigating widespread feature degradation, including issues affecting logins and signups in the ChatGPT iOS/Android apps. We will provide updates as we learn more.

🔗 Official status page (for the PR-approved version)

https://status.openai.com//incidents/01M506BA4XRSWH7THR53HQGN3Z

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