OpenAI Outage History

OpenAI experienced elevated conversation errors specifically affecting enterprise, business, and education workspaces on their web platform and ChatGPT service. The incident lasted 5.6 hours before a mitigation was applied and the service entered monitoring phase for recovery. The issue was classified as minor and impacted organizational users' ability to have normal conversations through the affected platforms.

ChatGPT free users experienced errors when trying to have conversations through the web interface for 2.7 hours. OpenAI investigated the issue and applied a mitigation to resolve the problem. The service was then monitored to ensure full recovery.

OpenAI experienced issues with the GPT-5.4-C model in Codex that affected some users for 2 hours. The incident also impacted ChatGPT services. A mitigation was applied and the service was being monitored for recovery.

OpenAI experienced elevated error rates affecting some users of their Codex service. The incident lasted 27 minutes before a mitigation was successfully applied. The service was being monitored for recovery after the fix was implemented.

OpenAI experienced elevated errors affecting ChatGPT conversations specifically in Europe, impacting both web and ChatGPT components. The service disruption lasted 1.8 hours before a mitigation was applied. The incident has been resolved and the recovery is being monitored.

OpenAI experienced a 4.3-hour outage affecting multiple services including ChatGPT, APIs, image generation, login, GPTs, and other platform components, preventing users from accessing these services. The incident impacted a broad range of functionality across the platform, from basic login and web access to advanced features like voice mode and file uploads. OpenAI applied mitigation measures and monitored the recovery process to restore service.

OpenAI experienced an issue where ChatGPT Business users encountered problems for up to an hour after upgrading their service or adding new seats. The incident lasted 12.4 hours while OpenAI investigated and applied a mitigation. The service is now being monitored for recovery.

OpenAI experienced an issue affecting customers using the Java SDK with Responses API streaming functionality. The incident impacted the Responses and APIs components for approximately 1.7 hours. The issue was mitigated and the service was restored to normal operation.

OpenAI experienced a major incident where ChatGPT FedRAMP workspaces failed to load, causing elevated errors for users trying to access these services. The issue lasted 23 minutes, during which OpenAI identified the problem and worked on implementing a mitigation. The incident has been resolved.

OpenAI experienced account creation issues affecting ChatGPT, APIs, Sora, and login services for 22 minutes. Users were unable to create new accounts across these platforms during the incident. The issue was identified and a mitigation was implemented to resolve the problem.