Use cases
Software Products E-commerce MSPs Schools Development & Marketing DevOps Agencies Help Desk
Company
Internet Status Blog Pricing Log in Get started free

OpenAI Outage History

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

There were 780 OpenAI outages since February 2021. The 321 outages from the last 12 months are summarized below, with incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Minor March 11, 2026

March 2026: Elevated conversation errors for ChatGPT

Detected Mar 11, 2026 4:11 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 11, 2026 6:03 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

OpenAI experienced elevated conversation errors affecting some ChatGPT users on the web platform for 1.9 hours. The company identified the issue, implemented a mitigation, and monitored the recovery to resolve the problem.

Minor March 11, 2026

March 2026: Elevated error rates for Deep Research in Enterprise Workspaces

Detected Mar 11, 2026 3:25 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 11, 2026 5:51 PM EDT · Duration about 2 hours

OpenAI experienced elevated error rates affecting the Deep Research feature for Enterprise users, impacting both ChatGPT and Deep Research components. The incident lasted 2.4 hours and was resolved by applying a mitigation, with the team monitoring recovery afterward.

Minor March 10, 2026

March 2026: Increased errors with ChatGPT file downloads

Detected Mar 10, 2026 7:10 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 12, 2026 6:16 PM EDT · Duration 2 days

OpenAI experienced a service incident where users encountered increased errors when attempting to download files from ChatGPT. The issue persisted for 47.1 hours, affecting ChatGPT's file download functionality. The problem was identified and a mitigation was deployed, with the service team monitoring the recovery after applying the fix.

Minor March 10, 2026

March 2026: Increased errors on ChatGPT File Uploads

Detected Mar 10, 2026 5:22 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 11, 2026 8:19 PM EDT · Duration 1 day

OpenAI experienced increased errors with ChatGPT file uploads over a 26.9-hour period, with EU workspaces being particularly affected. Multiple mitigations were applied throughout the incident, with some EU users continuing to experience issues even after initial fixes. The service was eventually restored after applying additional mitigations to fully resolve the underlying problems.

Minor March 10, 2026

March 2026: Degraded performance with the Support chat

Detected Mar 10, 2026 1:10 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 10, 2026 7:33 PM EDT · Duration about 6 hours

OpenAI's support chat functionality experienced degraded performance for 6.4 hours. Customers were unable to use the normal chat support system and were directed to email support@openai.com as a temporary workaround. The issue was resolved after applying a mitigation and monitoring the recovery.

Minor March 9, 2026

March 2026: Deep Research requests are erroring for LATAM users

Detected Mar 9, 2026 6:56 PM EDT · Resolved Mar 10, 2026 1:35 AM EDT · Duration about 7 hours

OpenAI experienced a service incident where Deep Research requests were failing specifically for users in Latin America (LATAM), affecting both ChatGPT and Deep Research components. The issue caused elevated error rates for these users over a period of 6.6 hours. OpenAI identified the problem, implemented a mitigation, and monitored the recovery to resolve the regional service disruption.

Minor March 9, 2026

March 2026: Elevated conversation errors for Enterprise and Edu users

Detected Mar 9, 2026 11:38 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 9, 2026 12:17 PM EDT · Duration 39 minutes

OpenAI experienced elevated conversation errors affecting ChatGPT and Web services specifically for Enterprise and Education users for 39 minutes. The company identified the issue, implemented a mitigation, and monitored the recovery to resolve the service disruption.

Minor March 9, 2026

March 2026: Codex unresponsive

Detected Mar 9, 2026 11:09 AM EDT · Resolved Mar 11, 2026 12:19 PM EDT · Duration 2 days

OpenAI experienced elevated latency issues affecting ChatGPT and Codex services for 8.3 hours. Users encountered slower response times when using these services. The issue was identified as a latency problem, a mitigation was applied, and the services were restored to normal operation.

Minor March 6, 2026

March 2026: Login Issues

Detected Mar 6, 2026 7:14 PM EST · Resolved Mar 6, 2026 7:59 PM EST · Duration about 1 hour

OpenAI experienced login issues affecting Sora, ChatGPT, and APIs, preventing users from accessing these services. The incident lasted 46 minutes before a mitigation was successfully applied. The team monitored the recovery after implementing the fix.

Minor March 6, 2026

March 2026: Errors with Compliance API

Detected Mar 6, 2026 6:34 PM EST · Resolved Mar 6, 2026 6:59 PM EST · Duration 25 minutes

OpenAI's Compliance API experienced elevated error rates affecting users for 25 minutes. The incident impacted both the general APIs and Compliance components. A mitigation was successfully applied and the service was monitored for recovery.