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Locked out of Codex because of an old phone number?

OpenAI Developer Community June 18, 2026
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@OpenAI_Support I’m still experiencing this issue.

I contacted OpenAI Support as instructed, but it has not been resolved. Support said they cannot modify, remove, or bypass phone-number verification.

This appears to be the same Codex-specific issue reported here: I can access ChatGPT, my email, Google Authenticator 2FA, and my API Platform account normally, but Codex still requires SMS verification to an old phone number I no longer have.

I’m also a ChatGPT Pro subscriber with 5x Codex access and currently cannot use Codex.

Case number: 10124521 Previous case number: 10140016

Could someone from OpenAI please help escalate this?

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