Outage in OpenAI
Some users may experience issues accessing the ChatGPT website on VPN
Resolved Minor
April 07, 2026 - Started about 7 hours ago
- Lasted about 1 hour
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
OpenAI experienced a minor service incident where users accessing ChatGPT through VPN connections encountered access issues. The incident affected multiple components including the web interface, APIs, login, voice mode, image generation, and other core features. The issue was resolved after 1.4 hours when OpenAI applied a mitigation and confirmed recovery.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
Components affected
OpenAI Deep Research OpenAI Web OpenAI ChatGPT OpenAI Voice mode OpenAI GPTs OpenAI Operator OpenAI Compliance OpenAI Image Generation OpenAI Login OpenAI APIs OpenAI Search OpenAI File uploadsNeed to monitor OpenAI outages?
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Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
MONITORING
about 6 hours ago - at 04/07/2026 11:00AM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
INVESTIGATING
about 7 hours ago - at 04/07/2026 10:27AM
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
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