Outage in OpenAI ChatGPT
Elevated Errors Affecting File Uploads and Image Generation
Resolved Minor
July 22, 2026 - Started 1 day ago
- Lasted about 7 hours
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
ChatGPT experienced elevated errors affecting file uploads and image generation for approximately 7 hours on July 22, 2026. The issue was identified and a mitigation was applied, after which the team moved to monitoring recovery. No user reports were available to further characterize the impact.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
Components affected
OpenAI ChatGPT ChatGPT OpenAI ChatGPT File uploads OpenAI ChatGPT Image GenerationLatest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
MONITORING
1 day ago - at 07/22/2026 09:44AM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
IDENTIFIED
1 day ago - at 07/22/2026 09:26AM
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
INVESTIGATING
1 day ago - at 07/22/2026 07:54AM
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
INVESTIGATING
1 day ago - at 07/22/2026 07:32AM
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
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