Outage in OpenAI
ChatGPT Issues Sending Messages
Resolved Minor
March 05, 2026 - Started about 11 hours ago
- Lasted about 4 hours
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
OpenAI experienced an issue where some users were unable to send messages in ChatGPT via the web interface. The incident lasted 3.7 hours and affected the core messaging functionality of the service. The issue was resolved after OpenAI applied a mitigation and monitored the recovery.
We are currently investigating an issue where some users are unable to send messages in ChatGPT
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
MONITORING
about 10 hours ago - at 03/05/2026 08:05PM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
INVESTIGATING
about 10 hours ago - at 03/05/2026 07:12PM
We are continuing to investigate this issue.
INVESTIGATING
about 11 hours ago - at 03/05/2026 06:12PM
We are currently investigating an issue where some users are unable to send messages in ChatGPT
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