Outage in OpenAI
Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs
Resolved Minor
October 20, 2026 - Started about 21 hours ago
- Lasted 23 minutes
Incident Report
Summary AI Generated
OpenAI experienced a 23-minute degraded performance incident affecting a broad range of services, including ChatGPT, Codex, APIs, voice mode, image generation, file uploads, and authentication. Engineers identified the issue, applied a mitigation, and moved to monitoring recovery. The incident was classified as minor.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
Components affected
OpenAI ChatGPT OpenAI APIs OpenAI File uploads OpenAI Voice mode OpenAI GPTs OpenAI Image Generation OpenAI Deep Research OpenAI Operator OpenAI Codex OpenAI Chat OpenAI Compliance OpenAI Images OpenAI Embeddings OpenAI Batch OpenAI Fine-tuning OpenAI Files OpenAI Audio OpenAI Realtime OpenAI Responses OpenAI Moderations OpenAI Login OpenAI Login OpenAI Web OpenAI SearchTrusted by 1,000+ teams
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MONITORING
about 21 hours ago - at 10/21/2026 02:27AM
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
INVESTIGATING
about 21 hours ago - at 10/21/2026 02:26AM
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
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