How often does OpenAI have outages?

OpenAI has had 25 reported incidents recently. Visit apistatuscheck.com/incidents/openai for the complete outage history with timelines and resolution details.

What was the last OpenAI outage?

The most recent OpenAI incident was "Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API" on October 14, 2026. It was classified as minor impact and is currently resolved.

OpenAI Outage History

25 incidents reported. Data sourced from the official OpenAI status page.

Total Incidents

Major/Critical

Minor

Resolved

October 2026

Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

minor

Oct 14, 05:00 PM→Oct 16, 10:44 AMresolved

Oct 16, 10:44 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 15, 10:36 PM

monitoring — We have deployed a fix and are monitoring recovery. Costs data in the Compliance API remains delayed while we process the backlog. We will provide further updates as processing catches up.

Oct 14, 08:00 PM

identified — We have identified an issue causing delays in publishing organization cost data through the Costs API. A fix is in progress and currently undergoing testing. API and ChatGPT usage are not affected, an...

+2 more updates

Widespread feature degradation

major

Oct 15, 04:29 PM→Oct 15, 06:56 PMresolved

Oct 15, 06:56 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 15, 05:13 PM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 15, 04:35 PM

investigating — We are investigating widespread feature degradation, including issues affecting logins and signups in the ChatGPT iOS/Android apps. We will provide updates as we learn more.

+1 more updates

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

minor

Oct 14, 10:18 AM→Oct 14, 10:58 AMresolved

Oct 14, 10:58 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 14, 10:40 AM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 14, 10:18 AM

investigating — We are investigating limited availability when using gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst in the API.

Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work

minor

Oct 14, 07:05 AM→Oct 14, 09:53 AMresolved

Oct 14, 09:53 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 14, 09:19 AM

identified — We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are still implementing the mitigation.

Oct 14, 07:05 AM

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

Degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode

minor

Oct 13, 08:10 AM→Oct 13, 04:36 PMresolved

Oct 13, 04:36 PM

resolved — We have resolved the issue causing degraded performance with GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex and ChatGPT Work.

Oct 13, 09:30 AM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 13, 08:22 AM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

+2 more updates

Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

minor

Oct 9, 05:23 PM→Oct 12, 04:02 PMresolved

Oct 12, 04:02 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 9, 10:03 PM

monitoring — We have implemented a mitigation, and delayed Costs data is now processing through the Compliance API. Some customers may continue to see incomplete Costs data while the backlog catches up. We expect ...

Oct 9, 06:46 PM

identified — Some customers may continue to experience delayed Costs data through the Compliance API. ChatGPT usage and API Platform requests are not affected, and other reporting channels remain available. We hav...

+2 more updates

Some ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android

major

Oct 9, 09:00 PM→Oct 10, 12:26 AMresolved

Oct 10, 12:26 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 9, 09:00 PM

identified — We have identified an issue affecting the ChatGPT Android app where users may see “This content is unavailable in this version of the app” instead of certain content. A fix is rolling out gradually in...

Workspace admins may be unable to manage plugins

major

Oct 9, 09:48 PM→Oct 9, 11:26 PMresolved

Oct 9, 11:26 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 9, 10:52 PM

monitoring — We are seeing recovery in workspace administrators’ ability to view and manage plugin availability and settings. We are monitoring to ensure service remains stable.

Oct 9, 09:48 PM

investigating — We are investigating an issue affecting some ChatGPT workspace administrators’ ability to view and manage plugin availability and settings. Some users may also see plugins as unavailable. We will prov...

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

minor

Oct 8, 03:17 AM→Oct 8, 04:51 AMresolved

Oct 8, 04:51 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 8, 03:17 AM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

Elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspaces

minor

Oct 7, 11:42 PM→Oct 8, 12:03 AMresolved

Oct 8, 12:03 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 7, 11:48 PM

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

Oct 7, 11:42 PM

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

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

minor

Oct 7, 05:21 PM→Oct 7, 06:23 PMresolved

Oct 7, 06:23 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 7, 05:21 PM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

Dot in Codex may fail to create new threads

minor

Oct 7, 04:31 PM→Oct 7, 06:06 PMresolved

Oct 7, 06:06 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 7, 05:30 PM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 7, 04:31 PM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

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

major

Oct 7, 05:31 AM→Oct 7, 11:53 AMresolved

Oct 7, 11:53 AM

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

Oct 7, 11:06 AM

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

Oct 7, 09:28 AM

identified — 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.

+2 more updates

Workspace Agents Degraded and Responses Impacted

minor

Oct 7, 01:12 AM→Oct 7, 03:00 AMresolved

Oct 7, 03:00 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 7, 02:45 AM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 7, 01:52 AM

identified — We are implementing the mitigation.

+1 more updates

Computer Use Is Experiencing Issues

minor

Oct 6, 05:15 PM→Oct 6, 08:00 PMresolved

Oct 6, 08:00 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 6, 05:15 PM

investigating — We are investigating issues for agents api and computer use.

Errors processing large PDFs in the Responses API

minor

Oct 6, 03:45 PM→Oct 6, 05:50 PMresolved

Oct 6, 08:11 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 6, 04:39 PM

identified — We are implementing the mitigation.

Oct 6, 03:45 PM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

Elevated error rates in ChatGPT Go conversations

minor

Oct 6, 01:35 PM→Oct 6, 02:40 PMresolved

Oct 6, 02:40 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 6, 01:53 PM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 6, 01:35 PM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

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

minor

Oct 6, 02:41 AM→Oct 6, 03:17 AMresolved

Oct 6, 03:17 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 6, 02:44 AM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 6, 02:41 AM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

Elevated Work Mode errors

minor

Oct 5, 07:03 AM→Oct 6, 02:10 AMresolved

Oct 6, 08:29 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 5, 09:50 AM

monitoring — We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery.

Oct 5, 07:14 AM

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

+1 more updates

Elevated errors in API Platform login and administration APIs.

minor

Oct 6, 12:40 AM→Oct 6, 01:35 AMresolved

Oct 6, 01:35 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 6, 12:40 AM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 6, 12:40 AM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations

minor

Oct 5, 04:58 PM→Oct 6, 12:01 AMresolved

Oct 6, 12:01 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 5, 05:55 PM

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

Oct 5, 04:58 PM

investigating — 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 a...

Elevated error rates in Codex Cloud

none

Oct 5, 05:58 PM→Oct 6, 12:01 AMresolved

Oct 6, 08:22 AM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 5, 06:07 PM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 5, 05:58 PM

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

Admin Console Intermittently Inaccessible

none

Oct 5, 03:50 PM→Oct 5, 09:07 PMresolved

Oct 5, 09:07 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 5, 07:33 PM

monitoring — We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Oct 5, 03:50 PM

investigating — We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

Issues saving and editing Pages

minor

Oct 5, 12:44 PM→Oct 5, 01:04 PMresolved

Oct 5, 01:04 PM

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

Oct 5, 12:44 PM

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

Issues with data analysis and file creation in ChatGPT

minor

Oct 2, 04:03 PM→Oct 2, 04:51 PMresolved

Oct 2, 04:51 PM

resolved — All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Oct 2, 04:03 PM

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

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