Outage in OpenAI ChatGPT

Elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex

Resolved Minor

September 03, 2026 - Started about 11 hours ago - Lasted about 2 hours

Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

On September 3, 2026, OpenAI experienced a roughly 2-hour outage affecting ChatGPT and a wide range of associated services including GPTs, Voice Mode, Deep Research, Image Generation, Search, Codex, APIs, File Uploads, and Login. Users widely reported being unable to access chatgpt.com across both web and mobile, encountering 404 errors and failed login attempts, effectively rendering the platform completely inaccessible. OpenAI identified the issue, applied a mitigation, and moved to monitoring recovery by 15:17 UTC.

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

Components affected

OpenAI ChatGPT GPTs OpenAI ChatGPT ChatGPT OpenAI ChatGPT Voice mode OpenAI ChatGPT Deep Research OpenAI ChatGPT Image Generation OpenAI ChatGPT Search OpenAI ChatGPT Web OpenAI ChatGPT Codex OpenAI ChatGPT Operator OpenAI ChatGPT APIs OpenAI ChatGPT File uploads OpenAI ChatGPT Login OpenAI ChatGPT Compliance

Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

MONITORING about 11 hours ago - at 09/03/2026 03:17PM

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

INVESTIGATING about 11 hours ago - at 09/03/2026 02:43PM

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

source IsDown Website outage and connectivity issues Reports started 16 minutes before official outage was reported

Users report 'HTTP 404 error' and inability to access the website, indicating a likely server or DNS issue.

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