OpenAI outage history and incident timeline

Investigating unexpected usage limit resets

Started September 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM UTC 0m

Pending

September 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Increased Error Rate For Pro and Plus Plan Conversations

Started September 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM UTC 0m

Pending

September 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational)

Elevated errors for image generation

Started September 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC 0m

Pending

September 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Images (Operational) Image Generation (Operational)

File uploads are delayed or failing

Started September 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTC 0m

Pending

September 8, 2026 at 7:16 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components File uploads (Operational) GPTs (Operational)

Users in APAC region may face increased error in ChatGPT, Work, image generation, file upload, Voice, and Codex Cloud

Started September 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM UTC 0m

Pending

September 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components File uploads (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) Conversations (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) Codex Web (Operational)

Elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex

Started September 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM UTC 0m

IssuesMinor incident

September 3, 2026 at 4:55 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved The issue causing elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex has been resolved. Some Codex remote control users may need to pair their mobile device again following this incident. Affected components Conversations (Operational) GPTs (Operational) Agent (Operational) Deep Research (Operational) Codex Web (Operational) Connectors/Apps (Operational) VS Code extension (Operational) ChatGPT Work (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) CLI (Operational) Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Operational) Codex API (Operational) Login (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) Compliance API (Operational) ChatGPT Atlas (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Search (Operational) Sites (Operational)

ChatGPT Work Mode High Error Rates

Started September 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM UTC 0m

Pending

September 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Connectors/Apps (Operational) ChatGPT Work (Operational) Login (Operational) Conversations (Operational) Agent (Operational) ChatGPT Atlas (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Compliance API (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) GPTs (Operational) Deep Research (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) Search (Operational) Codex in ChatGPT Desktop (Operational) Sites (Operational)

Elevated errors creating new accounts

Started September 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM UTC 0m

IssuesMinor incident

September 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved The issue affecting new account creation has been resolved.

Elevated latency in the Responses API

Started September 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM UTC 0m

Pending

September 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Responses (Operational)

Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free and Go plans

Started September 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTC 0m

Pending

September 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational)

ChatGPT Work seeing elevated errors and latency

Started August 31, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTC 0m

Pending

August 31, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components ChatGPT Work (Operational)

Users may experience an increase in error rates in Workspace Agents and ChatGPT Work on Web and Mobile

Started August 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC 0m

Pending

August 27, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components ChatGPT Work (Operational) Agent (Operational)

Unexpected logouts for some ChatGPT web users

Started August 21, 2026 at 11:15 PM UTC 0m

IssuesMinor incident

August 21, 2026 at 11:15 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved The issue causing some ChatGPT web users to be unexpectedly logged out when refreshing the page has been resolved. Affected components Login (Operational)

Elevated Codex API authentication errors

Started August 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM UTC 0m

Pending

August 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Codex API (Operational)

Elevated Errors for Thinking mode in ChatGPT

Started August 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM UTC 0m

Pending

August 20, 2026 at 4:51 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) ChatGPT Work (Operational)

Chatgpt.com is down - all signups and logins are down as of right now

Started August 20, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC 0m

Pending

August 20, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Login (Operational)

Elevated errors deploying Sites

Started August 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM UTC 0m

IssuesMinor incident

August 18, 2026 at 7:37 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved The issue affecting site deployments has been resolved. Affected components Sites (Operational)

Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free users

Started August 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC 0m

Pending

August 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational)

Error while creating custom RBAC roles for Enterprise users

Started August 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM UTC 0m

Pending

August 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Increase in errors on API, Codex and Work Mode

Started August 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM UTC 0m

Pending

August 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM UTCresolved
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered.