Does anyone know if retirement pay is currently affected by the debt ceiling? In other words, is the February 2023 payments unaffected?

For now, payments will not be impacted. If this drags on into the spring, that's very possible.

In the past, government shutdowns or financial crises related to the debt ceiling have occasionally led to disruptions in federal payments, including retirement pay for retired military personnel and federal employees. This can impact the timely disbursement of payments. https://foodlewordle.io/foodle-unlimited

... And the rest of the world wonders how a national government can be shut down... Only in the
United States do we come up with such wacked out things. It blows my f-in mind. This is the kind of sh-t that helps cause senior enlisted to have major medical coronary and brain malfunctions.