OpenAI Outage History

Past incidents and downtime events

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

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October 2026(18 incidents)

minorresolvedOct 8, 03:17 AM — Resolved Oct 8, 04:51 AM

Some APAC users are seeing errors in ChatGPT Work, conversations, and GPTs.

2 updates

resolvedOct 8, 04:51 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

investigatingOct 8, 03:17 AM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

minorresolvedOct 7, 11:42 PM — Resolved Oct 8, 12:03 AM

Elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspaces

3 updates

resolvedOct 8, 12:03 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 7, 11:48 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery and no longer seeing any errors.

investigatingOct 7, 11:42 PM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

minorresolvedOct 7, 05:21 PM — Resolved Oct 7, 06:23 PM

Degraded performance in Codex and Work mode: Dot turn failures, delayed responses, and reduced proactivity

2 updates

resolvedOct 7, 06:23 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

investigatingOct 7, 05:21 PM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

minorresolvedOct 7, 04:31 PM — Resolved Oct 7, 06:06 PM

Dot in Codex may fail to create new threads

3 updates

resolvedOct 7, 06:06 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 7, 05:30 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

investigatingOct 7, 04:31 PM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

majorresolvedOct 7, 05:31 AM — Resolved Oct 7, 11:53 AM

Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app

5 updates

resolvedOct 7, 11:53 AM

We have released an updated app version with the fix for Linux, macOS and Windows. Affected users should update to the latest version.

identifiedOct 7, 11:06 AM

We are actively working on a fixed app version for Windows.

identifiedOct 7, 09:28 AM

We have identified the issue. We have released an updated app version for Linux and macOS. We are actively working to roll out the fix for Windows.

identifiedOct 7, 05:54 AM

we have identified the issue, working on rolling back to the previous version.

investigatingOct 7, 05:31 AM

We are investigating the issue. Version 26.1002.51308 is affected

minorresolvedOct 7, 01:12 AM — Resolved Oct 7, 03:00 AM

Workspace Agents Degraded and Responses Impacted

4 updates

resolvedOct 7, 03:00 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 7, 02:45 AM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

identifiedOct 7, 01:52 AM

We are implementing the mitigation.

investigatingOct 7, 01:12 AM

We are investigating the issue for workspace agents, users may not see the responses during the issue time.

minorresolvedOct 6, 05:15 PM — Resolved Oct 6, 08:00 PM

Computer Use Is Experiencing Issues

2 updates

resolvedOct 6, 08:00 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

investigatingOct 6, 05:15 PM

We are investigating issues for agents api and computer use.

minorresolvedOct 6, 03:45 PM — Resolved Oct 6, 05:50 PM

Errors processing large PDFs in the Responses API

3 updates

resolvedOct 6, 08:11 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

identifiedOct 6, 04:39 PM

We are implementing the mitigation.

investigatingOct 6, 03:45 PM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

minorresolvedOct 6, 01:35 PM — Resolved Oct 6, 02:40 PM

Elevated error rates in ChatGPT Go conversations

3 updates

resolvedOct 6, 02:40 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 6, 01:53 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

investigatingOct 6, 01:35 PM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

minorresolvedOct 6, 02:41 AM — Resolved Oct 6, 03:17 AM

Elevated errors affecting multiple products including ChatGPT (conversations), Image generations, Spaces and Pages, API rehydration, and Dots.

3 updates

resolvedOct 6, 03:17 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 6, 02:44 AM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

investigatingOct 6, 02:41 AM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

minorresolvedOct 5, 07:03 AM — Resolved Oct 6, 02:10 AM

Elevated Work Mode errors

4 updates

resolvedOct 6, 08:29 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 5, 09:50 AM

We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery.

investigatingOct 5, 07:14 AM

We are continuing to observe elevated Work Mode errors. Scheduled tasks may also be impacted.

investigatingOct 5, 07:03 AM

We are observing elevated Work Mode errors. Scheduled tasks may also be impacted.

minorresolvedOct 6, 12:40 AM — Resolved Oct 6, 01:35 AM

Elevated errors in API Platform login and administration APIs.

3 updates

resolvedOct 6, 01:35 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 6, 12:40 AM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

investigatingOct 6, 12:40 AM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

minorresolvedOct 5, 04:58 PM — Resolved Oct 6, 12:01 AM

Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations

3 updates

resolvedOct 6, 12:01 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 5, 05:55 PM

We have mitigated the issue affecting ChatGPT conversations and are monitoring recovery.

investigatingOct 5, 04:58 PM

We are investigating elevated error rates affecting some ChatGPT conversations. Error rates are improving, and our team is continuing to assess recovery. We will share further updates as they become available.

noneresolvedOct 5, 05:58 PM — Resolved Oct 6, 12:01 AM

Elevated error rates in Codex Cloud

3 updates

resolvedOct 6, 08:22 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 5, 06:07 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

identifiedOct 5, 05:58 PM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors within Codex Cloud. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

noneresolvedOct 5, 03:50 PM — Resolved Oct 5, 09:07 PM

Admin Console Intermittently Inaccessible

3 updates

resolvedOct 5, 09:07 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 5, 07:33 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

investigatingOct 5, 03:50 PM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

minorresolvedOct 5, 12:44 PM — Resolved Oct 5, 01:04 PM

Issues saving and editing Pages

2 updates

resolvedOct 5, 01:04 PM

The issue affecting saving and live editing in Pages has been resolved

investigatingOct 5, 12:44 PM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Some users may be unable to save changes or reconnect to live editing sessions.

minorresolvedOct 2, 04:03 PM — Resolved Oct 2, 04:51 PM

Issues with data analysis and file creation in ChatGPT

2 updates

resolvedOct 2, 04:51 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 2, 04:03 PM

Some users experienced errors when running code, analyzing data or creating files in ChatGPT. We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

majorresolvedOct 1, 06:46 PM — Resolved Oct 1, 07:39 PM

Issues with login, signup, and ads

5 updates

resolvedOct 1, 07:39 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 1, 07:26 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

identifiedOct 1, 07:17 PM

We have identified that users are experiencing login issues for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

investigatingOct 1, 07:06 PM

We are investigating issues affecting login, signup, and ads

investigatingOct 1, 06:46 PM

We are investigating an issue affecting login and signup. We will share further updates as we learn more.

September 2026(7 incidents)

minorresolvedSep 29, 05:52 PM — Resolved Sep 29, 11:14 PM

Elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API including the Agents API

9 updates

resolvedOct 6, 08:26 AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

resolvedSep 29, 11:14 PM

The issue causing elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API has been resolved, and all affected services have recovered. Thank you for your patience while we worked to restore service. The detailed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) will be published in the next 5 business days.

monitoringSep 29, 10:47 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

monitoringSep 29, 10:03 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

monitoringSep 29, 09:09 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

monitoringSep 29, 07:39 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

investigatingSep 29, 07:08 PM

We’re still investigating elevated errors affecting ChatGPT, Codex, and the API including the Agents API. Some users may experience failed requests, difficulty logging in or signing up, and tasks that do not complete. We’ll share updates as we learn more.

investigatingSep 29, 06:24 PM

We’re investigating elevated errors affecting ChatGPT, Codex, and the API including the Agents API. Some users may experience failed requests, difficulty logging in or signing up, and tasks that do not complete. We’ll share updates as we learn more.

investigatingSep 29, 05:52 PM

We’re investigating elevated errors affecting ChatGPT, Codex, and the API. Some users may experience failed requests, difficulty logging in or signing up, and tasks that do not complete. We’ll share updates as we learn more.

minorresolvedSep 30, 02:20 AM — Resolved Oct 1, 11:44 PM

Elevated errors in ChatGPT Space Pages

6 updates

resolvedOct 1, 11:44 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringOct 1, 04:51 PM

We are continuing to monitor our mitigiations. Some users may see slow or timed out results, especially for creating new pages or spaces.

monitoringSep 30, 03:00 PM

We have applied mitigations and are monitoring the recovery.

monitoringSep 30, 10:34 AM

All impacted services are recovered, we are continuing to monitor for any reoccurrence.

monitoringSep 30, 06:03 AM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

identifiedSep 30, 02:20 AM

We have identified that users may experience errors creating or interacting with Pages, including failures when using Page tools or connecting to live Page sessions. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

minorresolvedSep 30, 05:05 PM — Resolved Sep 30, 08:35 PM

Elevated latency for some API requests

5 updates

resolvedSep 30, 08:35 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringSep 30, 06:21 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

identifiedSep 30, 05:51 PM

We have implemented an initial mitigation and are seeing improvements in API latency. We are continuing to investigate the scope of the issue and apply additional mitigations as needed. Some requests to the Responses and Chat Completions APIs may still experience elevated latency or timeouts.

identifiedSep 30, 05:13 PM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated latency for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

identifiedSep 30, 05:05 PM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated latency for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

minorresolvedSep 30, 05:47 AM — Resolved Sep 30, 01:23 PM

Elevated error rates for ChatGPT Pro and Plus users

4 updates

resolvedSep 30, 01:23 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringSep 30, 10:36 AM

All impacted services are recovered, we are continuing to monitor for any reoccurrence.

monitoringSep 30, 05:56 AM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

identifiedSep 30, 05:47 AM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

noneresolvedSep 29, 05:49 PM — Resolved Sep 29, 11:18 PM

Support available via email

5 updates

resolvedSep 29, 11:18 PM

The issue affecting support chat has been resolved. You can now contact our support team through the Help Center as usual. Thank you for your patience while we worked to restore service.

monitoringSep 29, 09:50 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

investigatingSep 29, 06:50 PM

Our Help Center is available, but support chat remains unavailable. If you need assistance, you can browse the Help Center or email [support@openai.com](mailto:support@openai.com "support@openai.com").

investigatingSep 29, 05:55 PM

investigatingSep 29, 05:49 PM

Our Help Center and support chat are currently unavailable. If you need assistance, you can still reach our support team by emailing [support@openai.com](mailto:support@openai.com "support@openai.com"). We apologize for the inconvenience.

criticalresolvedSep 25, 10:58 PM — Resolved Sep 25, 11:54 PM

Issues with Codex

6 updates

resolvedSep 25, 11:54 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringSep 25, 11:45 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

identifiedSep 25, 11:34 PM

We have identified root cause and are moving towards mitigation.

identifiedSep 25, 11:19 PM

identifiedSep 25, 11:03 PM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

identifiedSep 25, 10:58 PM

We have identified that users are experiencing a codex outage. We have identified the internal issue and are heading towards a mitigation.

noneresolvedSep 24, 06:59 PM — Resolved Sep 24, 07:46 PM

Elevated Error Rates on GPT-6 Astra Pro

3 updates

resolvedSep 24, 07:46 PM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

monitoringSep 24, 07:32 PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

identifiedSep 24, 06:59 PM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for GPT-6 Astra Pro. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

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