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OpenAI Outage History

Past incidents and downtime events

Complete history of OpenAI outages, incidents, and service disruptions. Showing 25 most recent incidents.

April 2026(9 incidents)

noneresolvedApr 11, 01:04 AM — Resolved Apr 11, 01:48 AM

Some users may experience issues accessing ChatGPT

3 updates
resolvedApr 11, 01:48 AM
monitoringApr 11, 01:37 AM
investigatingApr 11, 01:04 AM
minorresolvedApr 10, 05:10 AM — Resolved Apr 10, 05:20 AM

Issue with API platform login and account creation

2 updates
resolvedApr 10, 05:20 AM
investigatingApr 10, 05:10 AM
noneresolvedApr 10, 04:32 AM — Resolved Apr 10, 04:46 AM

Issues with share link creation on web UI

2 updates
resolvedApr 10, 04:46 AM
investigatingApr 10, 04:32 AM
minorresolvedApr 8, 05:23 PM — Resolved Apr 8, 05:44 PM

Elevated Errors with Login

3 updates
resolvedApr 8, 05:44 PM
monitoringApr 8, 05:32 PM
identifiedApr 8, 05:23 PM
majorresolvedApr 7, 10:27 AM — Resolved Apr 7, 11:49 AM

Some users may experience issues accessing the ChatGPT website on VPN

3 updates
resolvedApr 7, 11:49 AM
monitoringApr 7, 11:00 AM
investigatingApr 7, 10:27 AM
majorresolvedApr 6, 10:07 AM — Resolved Apr 6, 10:39 AM

GET /v1/responses endpoint is currently down and unable to serve requests

4 updates
resolvedApr 6, 10:39 AM
monitoringApr 6, 10:23 AM
investigatingApr 6, 10:14 AM
investigatingApr 6, 10:07 AM
minorresolvedApr 6, 06:10 AM — Resolved Apr 6, 08:35 AM

Some users may experience empty response from ChatGPT in web

3 updates
resolvedApr 6, 08:35 AM
monitoringApr 6, 07:58 AM
investigatingApr 6, 06:10 AM
majorresolvedApr 2, 02:17 PM — Resolved Apr 2, 05:49 PM

ChatGPT Dictation Elevated Error Rate

6 updates
resolvedApr 2, 05:49 PM
monitoringApr 2, 05:21 PM
investigatingApr 2, 04:38 PM
identifiedApr 2, 04:00 PM
identifiedApr 2, 02:58 PM
identifiedApr 2, 02:17 PM
minorresolvedApr 2, 07:36 AM — Resolved Apr 2, 09:42 AM

High error rate for completionsapi-gpt-5-nano

3 updates
resolvedApr 2, 09:42 AM
monitoringApr 2, 08:03 AM
identifiedApr 2, 07:36 AM

March 2026(16 incidents)

minorresolvedMar 31, 02:36 PM — Resolved Mar 31, 03:00 PM

Elevated failures for some users joining ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu workspaces via SSO.

2 updates
resolvedMar 31, 03:00 PM
investigatingMar 31, 02:36 PM
minorresolvedMar 29, 05:58 AM — Resolved Mar 29, 07:00 AM

Account creation and login are unstable across all surfaces

3 updates
resolvedMar 29, 07:00 AM
monitoringMar 29, 06:57 AM
identifiedMar 29, 05:58 AM
majorresolvedMar 26, 09:21 PM — Resolved Mar 26, 11:17 PM

Responses API and Sora Increased Error Rates

7 updates
resolvedMar 26, 11:17 PM
monitoringMar 26, 11:03 PM
identifiedMar 26, 10:58 PM
investigatingMar 26, 10:55 PM
investigatingMar 26, 10:08 PM
investigatingMar 26, 09:35 PM
investigatingMar 26, 09:21 PM
minorresolvedMar 25, 12:12 AM — Resolved Mar 25, 07:58 PM

Unable to download or preview project files

6 updates
resolvedMar 25, 07:58 PM
identifiedMar 25, 06:37 PM
identifiedMar 25, 10:24 AM
identifiedMar 25, 07:39 AM
investigatingMar 25, 12:19 AM
investigatingMar 25, 12:12 AM
minorresolvedMar 24, 05:24 PM — Resolved Mar 24, 08:20 PM

Elevated error rates on Realtime API SIP endpoints

5 updates
resolvedMar 24, 08:20 PM
monitoringMar 24, 07:31 PM
identifiedMar 24, 05:55 PM
investigatingMar 24, 05:31 PM
investigatingMar 24, 05:24 PM
minorresolvedMar 24, 10:32 AM — Resolved Mar 24, 12:21 PM

Increased errors creating new sync apps and sync delays with existing apps

4 updates
resolvedMar 24, 12:21 PM
monitoringMar 24, 11:12 AM
identifiedMar 24, 10:43 AM
investigatingMar 24, 10:32 AM
minorresolvedMar 24, 03:53 AM — Resolved Mar 24, 10:51 AM

Some customer may encounter errors creating, updating projects, and uploading files

6 updates
resolvedMar 24, 10:51 AM
monitoringMar 24, 10:22 AM
monitoringMar 24, 09:15 AM
identifiedMar 24, 05:44 AM
investigatingMar 24, 04:24 AM
investigatingMar 24, 03:53 AM
minorresolvedMar 20, 03:00 PM — Resolved Mar 21, 12:07 AM

Pinned chats are not loading on web browsers for ChatGPT

4 updates
resolvedMar 21, 12:07 AM
monitoringMar 20, 05:32 PM
identifiedMar 20, 03:24 PM
investigatingMar 20, 03:00 PM
majorresolvedMar 18, 03:46 PM — Resolved Mar 18, 07:14 PM

Sora video generation failing

7 updates
resolvedMar 18, 07:14 PM
monitoringMar 18, 06:47 PM
identifiedMar 18, 06:32 PM
investigatingMar 18, 05:56 PM
investigatingMar 18, 05:31 PM
investigatingMar 18, 04:41 PM
identifiedMar 18, 03:46 PM
minorresolvedMar 17, 05:26 PM — Resolved Mar 17, 06:50 PM

Excel Plugin is inaccessible for some users

4 updates
resolvedMar 17, 06:50 PM
identifiedMar 17, 06:32 PM
identifiedMar 17, 06:01 PM
investigatingMar 17, 05:26 PM
majorresolvedMar 17, 06:16 PM — Resolved Mar 17, 06:40 PM

High Error rates with ChatGPT 5.4 Pro

2 updates
resolvedMar 17, 06:40 PM
investigatingMar 17, 06:16 PM
minorresolvedMar 17, 03:06 AM — Resolved Mar 17, 04:09 AM

Elevated errors for sign-in and account creation

6 updates
resolvedMar 17, 04:35 PM
monitoringMar 17, 05:21 AM
identifiedMar 17, 04:49 AM
resolvedMar 17, 04:09 AM
monitoringMar 17, 03:10 AM
identifiedMar 17, 03:06 AM
minorresolvedMar 17, 02:58 AM — Resolved Mar 17, 05:20 AM

Elevated Errors Affecting ChatGPT Free and Guest Plan Users

3 updates
resolvedMar 17, 05:20 AM
monitoringMar 17, 03:55 AM
identifiedMar 17, 02:58 AM
minorresolvedMar 13, 07:38 PM — Resolved Mar 13, 08:03 PM

Responses API errors when using background mode

2 updates
resolvedMar 13, 08:03 PM
investigatingMar 13, 07:38 PM
minorresolvedMar 13, 01:48 PM — Resolved Mar 13, 03:10 PM

Conversation Errors for Logged out Users

3 updates
resolvedMar 13, 03:10 PM
monitoringMar 13, 02:42 PM
investigatingMar 13, 01:48 PM
minorresolvedMar 12, 07:07 PM — Resolved Mar 12, 11:29 PM

Some users seeing "No Accessible Workspaces" when attempting to login via SSO

4 updates
resolvedMar 12, 11:29 PM
monitoringMar 12, 07:36 PM
investigatingMar 12, 07:17 PM
identifiedMar 12, 07:07 PM

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