# OpenAI identified a race condition in a 100-picosecond window

DevFeed: [OpenAI identified a race condition in a 100-picosecond window](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openai-s-bug-that-hid-inside-a-100-picosecond-window-17941.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://read.bytesizeddesign.com/p/openais-bug-that-hid-inside-a-100>)

Author: Byte-Sized Design

Published: 2026-07-06T19:05:51Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Byte-Sized Design](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/byte-sized-design.md>)

Topics: [race-condition](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/race-condition.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>), [OpenAI](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openai.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>), [race-condition](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/race-condition.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes how OpenAI identified a race condition occurring within a 100-picosecond window.

## Source excerpt

How OpenAI stopped debugging like a doctor and started thinking like an epidemiologist and caught a race condition in the process.