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OpenAI Outage History

Every past OpenAI outage tracked by IsDown, with detection times, duration, and resolution details.

There were 827 OpenAI outages since February 2021. The 331 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor June 2, 2026

June 2026: codex-gpt-image-2-does-not-exist-errors

Detected Jun 2, 2026 7:35 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 2, 2026 8:14 PM EDT · Duration 39 minutes

OpenAI users experienced elevated errors affecting ChatGPT and Codex services for 39 minutes. The incident was identified and a mitigation was implemented to resolve the service disruptions.

Minor June 2, 2026

June 2026: Elevated errors for ChatGPT Pro

Detected Jun 2, 2026 7:28 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 2, 2026 8:18 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

OpenAI experienced elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Pro users for 50 minutes, with impacted users seeing "Thinking Failed" messages when using the Pro model. The incident affected multiple components including GPTs, ChatGPT, APIs, login, voice mode, and other services. The issue was identified and mitigated, with monitoring confirming recovery.

Minor June 2, 2026

June 2026: Guest users are experiencing elevated error rate when using ChatGPT conversations.

Detected Jun 2, 2026 8:04 AM EDT · Resolved Jun 2, 2026 9:16 AM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

OpenAI experienced elevated error rates affecting guest users of ChatGPT conversations on both web and mobile platforms for 1.2 hours. The service disruption impacted users' ability to interact with ChatGPT normally. The issue was mitigated and the service was restored to normal operation.

Minor June 1, 2026

June 2026: Decreased ChatGPT availability for Free users

Detected Jun 1, 2026 12:26 PM EDT · Resolved Jun 1, 2026 1:29 PM EDT · Duration about 1 hour

OpenAI experienced limited capacity issues that reduced ChatGPT availability specifically for free users, affecting both web and ChatGPT components. The incident lasted approximately 1.1 hours before success rates returned to normal functionality.

Minor May 29, 2026

May 2026: Users May Experience Issues Accessing ChatGPT

Detected May 29, 2026 9:20 AM EDT · Resolved May 29, 2026 9:31 AM EDT · Duration 11 minutes

OpenAI experienced a service incident affecting multiple ChatGPT components including voice mode, search, APIs, GPTs, login, and image generation features. The investigation lasted 11 minutes before services were restored. Users experienced access issues across the platform during this brief outage.

Minor May 28, 2026

May 2026: Users may encounter issues with conversations

Detected May 28, 2026 11:18 PM EDT · Resolved May 29, 2026 12:58 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

OpenAI experienced issues with conversations affecting their Web platform and ChatGPT service for 1.7 hours. Users encountered problems during conversations on these platforms. The issue was resolved after OpenAI applied a mitigation and monitored the recovery.

Minor May 28, 2026

May 2026: Users may encounter issues logging in or creating an account

Detected May 28, 2026 11:12 PM EDT · Resolved May 29, 2026 12:58 AM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

OpenAI experienced login and account creation issues affecting ChatGPT, APIs, and authentication services for 1.8 hours. Users were unable to log in or create new accounts during this period. The issue was resolved through applied mitigation measures and the service was restored to normal operation.

Minor May 28, 2026

May 2026: Business plan subscription checkout issues on web and mobile web

Detected May 28, 2026 4:46 PM EDT · Resolved May 28, 2026 9:30 PM EDT · Duration about 5 hours

OpenAI experienced a 4.7-hour service incident where some users were unable to complete Business plan subscription checkouts on web and mobile web platforms. The company investigated the issue and applied a mitigation solution, then monitored the recovery process.

Minor May 27, 2026

May 2026: Codex Context Compaction Latency

Detected May 27, 2026 1:57 PM EDT · Resolved May 28, 2026 3:01 AM EDT · Duration about 13 hours

OpenAI experienced a 13.1-hour incident where Codex context compaction was slower than expected, affecting both Codex and ChatGPT services. The issue was traced to a configuration error that caused performance degradation. The problem was resolved by applying a mitigation fix and monitoring the recovery.

Minor May 27, 2026

May 2026: Android ChatGPT Business users having trouble switching workspaces

Detected May 27, 2026 12:24 PM EDT · Resolved May 28, 2026 12:01 AM EDT · Duration about 12 hours

Android ChatGPT business users experienced issues switching between workspaces, affecting login functionality and ChatGPT access. The incident lasted 11.6 hours while OpenAI investigated the problem. The service was classified as a minor disruption to the affected components.