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Is OpenAI down?

Operationalunchanged since 5 h ago · since 2026-09-16 19:35 UTC

Language and image model APIs.

Current status
Operational
90-day uptime
99.59 %
Incidents (90d)
6
Last incident
6 h ago

Severity over 90 days

Total incident time
13 d 14 h
Average recovery
none
Longest incident
3 d 7 h

From the incidents published by the provider. Maintenance excluded.

Downtime over 90 days

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Incident history

Published by OpenAI

Minor · ongoing2026-09-16 18:44 UTC

Elevated errors in ChatGPT Work

Duration: 5 h 45 min

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Major · ongoing2026-09-15 23:50 UTC

Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare

Duration: 1 d 0 h

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Minor · ongoing2026-09-15 07:12 UTC

Elevated errors from GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.6 Instant on paid plans

Duration: 1 d 17 h

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

None · ongoing2026-09-14 23:20 UTC

Degraded Performance affecting Agents API

Duration: 2 d 1 h

We have applied mitigations and are seeing recovery, but the service has not fully recovered. We are continuing to monitor recovery.

Minor · ongoing2026-09-14 15:58 UTC

Elevated errors affecting Work Mode in ChatGPT

Duration: 2 d 8 h

We have applied additional mitigations for Work Mode. We are monitoring to confirm that workspace tools and files are functioning normally for ChatGPT Plus users.

None · ongoing2026-09-14 02:46 UTC

Elevated error rates for Codex and ChatGPT Work

Duration: 2 d 21 h

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Minor · ongoing2026-09-13 16:56 UTC

Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe

Duration: 3 d 7 h

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

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Frequently asked questions

Is OpenAI down right now?

As of the last check (2026-09-17 00:29 UTC), OpenAI reports “Operational” on its official status page. 7 ongoing incidents, latest: Elevated errors in ChatGPT Work.

What is OpenAI's uptime over the last 90 days?

OpenAI shows 99.59% uptime over the last 90 days, across 6 published incident(s).

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