Is OpenAI down?
Language and image model APIs.
Severity over 90 days
From the incidents published by the provider. Maintenance excluded.
Downtime over 90 days
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Incident history
Published by OpenAI
Elevated errors with search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and certain ChatGPT thinking experiences
We’re aware of issues affecting search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and some ChatGPT thinking experiences. We’re investigating and will share updates here.
New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API
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.
Degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API
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 this catch-up process to continue through Sunday, October 11. ChatGPT usage and API Platform requests remain unaffected. We are monitoring recovery.
Errors processing large PDFs in the Responses API
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.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated error rates in Codex Cloud
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Admin Console Intermittently Inaccessible
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
Elevated Work Mode errors
We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery.
Elevated latency for some API requests
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated error rates for ChatGPT Pro and Plus users
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated errors in ChatGPT Space Pages
We have applied mitigations and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API including the Agents API
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Support available via email
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated errors in ChatGPT Work
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated errors from GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.6 Instant on paid plans
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Degraded Performance affecting Agents API
We have applied mitigations and are seeing recovery, but the service has not fully recovered. We are continuing to monitor recovery.
Elevated errors affecting Work Mode in ChatGPT
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.
Elevated error rates for Codex and ChatGPT Work
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe
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 (2026-10-31 19:54 UTC), OpenAI reports “Operational” on its official status page. 22 ongoing incidents, latest: Elevated errors with search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and certain ChatGPT thinking experiences.
What is OpenAI's uptime over the last 90 days?
OpenAI shows 49.54% uptime over the last 90 days, across 22 published incidents.
How do I get notified automatically when OpenAI goes down?
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