Outage in OpenAI
Elevated errors for sign-in and account creation
Resolved Minor
March 16, 2026 - Started about 1 month ago
- Lasted about 14 hours
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
OpenAI experienced elevated errors affecting user sign-ins and account creation for ChatGPT and login services. The incident lasted 1.1 hours, during which users encountered authentication failures when trying to access their accounts or create new ones. OpenAI identified the issue, implemented a mitigation, and monitored the recovery.
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for sign-ins and account creations.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
MONITORING
about 1 month ago - at 03/17/2026 05:21AM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
IDENTIFIED
about 1 month ago - at 03/17/2026 04:49AM
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for sign-ins and account creations.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
RESOLVED
about 1 month ago - at 03/17/2026 04:09AM
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
MONITORING
about 1 month ago - at 03/17/2026 03:17AM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
IDENTIFIED
about 1 month ago - at 03/17/2026 02:42AM
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for sign-ins and account creations.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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