Outage in OpenAI ChatGPT

Elevated errors for sign-in and account creation

Resolved Minor

March 16, 2026 - Started 21 days ago - Lasted about 14 hours

Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

ChatGPT users experienced elevated errors when attempting to sign in or create new accounts for 1.1 hours. The issue affected the login system and ChatGPT service access. The problem was identified and resolved through a mitigation that was applied and monitored for recovery.

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for sign-ins and account creations. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

Components affected

OpenAI ChatGPT ChatGPT OpenAI ChatGPT Login

Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

MONITORING 21 days ago - at 03/17/2026 05:21AM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

IDENTIFIED 21 days ago - at 03/17/2026 04:49AM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for sign-ins and account creations.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

RESOLVED 21 days ago - at 03/17/2026 04:09AM

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

MONITORING 21 days ago - at 03/17/2026 03:17AM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

IDENTIFIED 21 days ago - at 03/17/2026 02:42AM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for sign-ins and account creations.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

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