Outage in OpenAI ChatGPT

File Download errors

Resolved Minor

October 19, 2026 - Started 2 days ago - Lasted 44 minutes

Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

OpenAI ChatGPT experienced elevated file download errors affecting ChatGPT, APIs, file uploads, image generation, and related file/response components. The incident lasted approximately 44 minutes before being resolved. The team identified the issue and implemented a mitigation to address the errors.

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 APIs OpenAI ChatGPT File uploads OpenAI ChatGPT Image Generation OpenAI ChatGPT Images OpenAI ChatGPT Files OpenAI ChatGPT Responses

Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )

IDENTIFIED 2 days ago - at 10/19/2026 01:31PM

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

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