Outage in OpenAI ChatGPT

Account creation and login are unstable across all surfaces

Resolved Minor

March 29, 2026 - Started about 1 month ago - Lasted about 1 hour

Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

OpenAI ChatGPT experienced issues with account creation and login functionality across all platforms for 1 hour. The incident affected both ChatGPT services and the login system, preventing users from creating new accounts or accessing existing ones. The service provider identified the problem and worked on implementing a mitigation to resolve the authentication issues.

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

Components affected

OpenAI ChatGPT ChatGPT OpenAI ChatGPT Login

Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

IDENTIFIED about 1 month ago - at 03/29/2026 05:20AM

We have identified that users are experiencing issues with account creation and login for the impacted services.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

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