OpenAI outage history

238 recorded OpenAI incidents since March 2026, with official updates, affected components, duration and resolution information.

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Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests

Started October 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Ads API (Operational)

Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD

Started October 23, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 23, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Connectors/Apps (Operational)

Help Center Chat Support Degraded

Started October 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Delays in customer support responses

Started October 23, 2026 at 5:58 AM UTC 0m

Pending

October 23, 2026 at 5:58 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered.

New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins

Started October 23, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC 0m

Pending

October 23, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Ads Manager (Operational) Ads API (Operational)

Degraded Performance of Dots on Enterprise

Started October 22, 2026 at 8:55 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 22, 2026 at 8:55 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components dots (Operational)

Elevated ChatGPT conversation and Responses API errors

Started October 22, 2026 at 8:50 AM UTC 0m

Pending

October 22, 2026 at 8:50 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational) Responses (Operational)

Elevated FedRAMP API error rates for Astra and Sol

Started October 21, 2026 at 7:34 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 21, 2026 at 7:34 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components FedRAMP (Operational)

Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests

Started October 21, 2026 at 4:44 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 21, 2026 at 4:44 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Chat Completions (Operational) Responses (Operational)

Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs

Started October 21, 2026 at 3:28 AM UTC 0m

Pending

October 21, 2026 at 3:28 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational) Images (Operational) Embeddings (Operational) Deep Research (Operational) Connectors/Apps (Operational) Realtime (Operational) Files (Operational) Codex API (Operational) ChatGPT Work (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) Search (Operational) Batch (Operational) Audio (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) Codex Web (Operational) Agents (Operational) Chat Completions (Operational) Compliance API (Operational) GPTs (Operational) Space (Operational) Decisions (Operational) Live (Operational) Moderations (Operational) Responses (Operational) CLI (Operational) Sites (Operational) dots (Operational) Login (Operational) Agent (Operational) Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Fine-tuning (Operational) Login (Operational)

Authentication errors for some users

Started October 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM UTC 0m

IssuesMinor incident

October 20, 2026 at 5:35 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved On October 20, from 9:35 to 10:35 a.m. PDT, some users near Illinois experienced authentication errors with the API, ChatGPT, and Codex. We rolled back a configuration change, and service was restored. Affected components Login (Operational)

File Download errors

Started October 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 19, 2026 at 2:14 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Image Generation (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Images (Operational) Files (Operational) Responses (Operational)

Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

Started October 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM UTC 0m

Pending

October 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Compliance API (Operational)

Widespread feature degradation

Started October 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 15, 2026 at 6:56 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Login (Operational)

Limited availability on gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst

Started October 14, 2026 at 10:58 AM UTC 0m

Pending

October 14, 2026 at 10:58 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Images (Operational)

Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work

Started October 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM UTC 0m

Pending

October 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Operational) ChatGPT Work (Operational)

Degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode

Started October 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTC 0m

IssuesMinor incident

October 13, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved We have resolved the issue causing degraded performance with GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex and ChatGPT Work. Affected components CLI (Operational) VS Code extension (Operational) Codex API (Operational) ChatGPT Work (Operational) Codex Web (Operational)

Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

Started October 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Compliance API (Operational)

Some ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android

Started October 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC 0m

Pending

October 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational)

Workspace admins may be unable to manage plugins

Started October 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC 0m

Pending

October 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Connectors/Apps (Operational)