OpenAI ChatGPT Outage History

ChatGPT experienced elevated conversation errors affecting Enterprise and Education users for 36 minutes. The issue impacted both the ChatGPT service and web interface, preventing users from having normal conversations. The team applied a mitigation and monitored the recovery to resolve the problem.

ChatGPT and Codex experienced elevated latency issues for 8.3 hours on March 9, 2026. The incident was identified as users experiencing slower response times from both services. A mitigation was applied and the services were monitored for recovery.

ChatGPT users experienced login issues that prevented access to ChatGPT, Sora, and APIs for 44 minutes. The service team identified the problem and implemented a mitigation to restore login functionality. The incident was resolved and the team continued monitoring the recovery.

ChatGPT and Codex experienced an issue where usage was being consumed faster than expected, causing users to hit rate limits sooner than intended. The incident lasted 6.5 hours and affected users' ability to use these services at normal rates. The team worked on implementing a mitigation to resolve the accelerated usage consumption problem.

ChatGPT experienced a messaging issue where some users were unable to send messages or receive responses to their prompts, with users reporting error messages and unresponsive behavior. The incident affected ChatGPT's web interface for 3.7 hours. The issue was resolved after applying a mitigation and monitoring the recovery.

ChatGPT users experienced errors when accessing the service via web for 5 hours. The issue affected the main ChatGPT platform and web interface, preventing normal usage. The service was restored after applying a mitigation fix and monitoring the recovery.

ChatGPT experienced elevated error rates across all services including APIs, Chat, Images, Embeddings, and other components for 4 minutes. Users encountered increased errors when trying to access these services. The issue was identified and a mitigation was implemented to resolve the elevated error rates.

ChatGPT users experienced elevated errors when attempting to upload files, affecting the file upload functionality for 6 hours. The service team identified the issue and implemented a mitigation to resolve the problem. The incident was resolved and the team monitored the recovery to ensure normal service was restored.

ChatGPT experienced elevated errors affecting file uploads and file processing starting at 6:45 AM PT on March 2, 2026, lasting 1.7 hours. Users reported PDF upload failures with "unknown error" messages and inability to login or load the home page. The issue was identified and mitigated, restoring normal service across all affected components including ChatGPT, APIs, file uploads, and web access.

ChatGPT experienced increased authentication failures that prevented some users from logging in for 20 hours. The issue affected both the main ChatGPT service and the login system. The team applied a mitigation and monitored the recovery to resolve the authentication problems.