Outage in OpenAI ChatGPT
Users may experience an increase in error rates in Workspace Agents and ChatGPT Work on Web and Mobile
Resolved Minor
August 27, 2026 - Started about 4 hours ago
- Lasted about 4 hours
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
ChatGPT and Operator (Workspace Agents and ChatGPT Work on web and mobile) experienced elevated error rates for approximately 4 hours. OpenAI identified the issue and applied a mitigation, after which the situation moved into a monitoring phase for recovery.
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
Components affected
OpenAI ChatGPT ChatGPT OpenAI ChatGPT OperatorLatest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
MONITORING
about 4 hours ago - at 08/27/2026 07:07PM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
IDENTIFIED
about 4 hours ago - at 08/27/2026 06:16PM
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
IDENTIFIED
about 5 hours ago - at 08/27/2026 06:00PM
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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