How often does OpenAI go down?

OpenAI reported 34 incidents in the last 90 days (5 major or critical), with 734 minutes of major outage: 99.43% uptime.

When was the last OpenAI outage?

The latest reported incident started on Oct 23, 2026, 22:52 UTC: "Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD", resolved after 50 min.

How long do OpenAI outages last?

Half of OpenAI's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 1 h 56 min.

OpenAI outage history and status

Is OpenAI down right now?

All Systems Operational Official status as of Oct 26, 2026, 15:09 UTC (refreshing…)

99.43%

uptime, 90 days

incidents, 90 days

1 h 56 min

median time to fix

Oct 23, 2026

last incident

OpenAI components

Chat Completions Operational
Responses Operational
Agents Operational
Decisions Operational
Fine-tuning Operational
Embeddings Operational
Images Operational
Batch Operational
Audio Operational
Moderations Operational
Realtime Operational
Files Operational
Login Operational
Live Operational
Conversations Operational
Login Operational
ChatGPT Work Operational
Codex in ChatGPT Desktop Operational
Compliance API Operational
Search Operational
File uploads Operational
Voice mode Operational
GPTs Operational
Image Generation Operational
Deep Research Operational

OpenAI outage history

OpenAI incidents per month, last 12 months. Red: months with a major or critical outage.

Started (UTC)	Incident	Impact	Duration
Oct 23, 2026, 22:52 UTC	Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD	Minor	50 min
Oct 23, 2026, 21:30 UTC	Help Center Chat Support Degraded	No impact	33 min
Oct 23, 2026, 03:41 UTC	Delays in customer support responses	No impact	2 h 17 min
Oct 22, 2026, 19:36 UTC	New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins	Minor	4 h 31 min
Oct 22, 2026, 18:51 UTC	Degraded Performance of Dots on Enterprise	Minor	2 h 04 min
Oct 22, 2026, 02:18 UTC	Elevated ChatGPT conversation and Responses API errors	Minor	6 h 32 min
Oct 21, 2026, 22:36 UTC	Authentication errors for some users	Major	—
Oct 21, 2026, 15:34 UTC	Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests	Minor	1 h 09 min
Oct 21, 2026, 14:17 UTC	Elevated FedRAMP API error rates for Astra and Sol	Minor	5 h 17 min
Oct 21, 2026, 02:26 UTC	Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs	Minor	1 h 02 min
Oct 19, 2026, 13:31 UTC	File Download errors	Minor	42 min
Oct 15, 2026, 16:29 UTC	Widespread feature degradation	Major	2 h 27 min
Oct 14, 2026, 17:00 UTC	Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API	Minor	41 h 44 min
Oct 14, 2026, 10:18 UTC	Limited availability on gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst	Minor	40 min
Oct 14, 2026, 07:05 UTC	Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work	Minor	2 h 47 min
Oct 13, 2026, 08:10 UTC	Degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode	Minor	8 h 27 min
Oct 9, 2026, 21:48 UTC	Workspace admins may be unable to manage plugins	Major	1 h 38 min
Oct 9, 2026, 21:00 UTC	Some ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android	Major	3 h 26 min
Oct 9, 2026, 17:23 UTC	Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API	Minor	2 days 22 h
Oct 8, 2026, 03:17 UTC	Some APAC users are seeing errors in ChatGPT Work, conversations, and GPTs.	Minor	1 h 34 min
Oct 7, 2026, 23:42 UTC	Elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspaces	Minor	21 min
Oct 7, 2026, 17:21 UTC	Degraded performance in Codex and Work mode: Dot turn failures, delayed responses, and reduced proactivity	Minor	1 h 02 min
Oct 7, 2026, 16:31 UTC	Dot in Codex may fail to create new threads	Minor	1 h 35 min
Oct 7, 2026, 05:31 UTC	Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app	Major	6 h 22 min
Oct 7, 2026, 01:12 UTC	Workspace Agents Degraded and Responses Impacted	Minor	1 h 48 min

34 incidents in our archive since October 5, 2026.

When and where OpenAI fails

By weekday

Most incidents start on Wed.

Mon5
Tue6
Wed12
Thu5
Fri6
Sat0
Sun0

When OpenAI went down with others

Oct 21, 2026, 11:18 UTC 109 services reported incidents within the hour
Oct 6, 2026, 14:44 UTC 22 services reported incidents within the hour
Oct 6, 2026, 12:14 UTC 22 services reported incidents within the hour
Oct 5, 2026, 12:44 UTC 12 services reported incidents within the hour

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FAQ

Is OpenAI down right now?: At our last check OpenAI's official status page reported: All Systems Operational. This page refreshes the status every few minutes.
How often does OpenAI go down?: OpenAI reported 34 incidents in the last 90 days (5 major or critical), with 734 minutes of major outage: 99.43% uptime.
When was the last OpenAI outage?: The latest reported incident started on Oct 23, 2026, 22:52 UTC: "Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD", resolved after 50 min.
How long do OpenAI outages last?: Half of OpenAI's incidents in the last 90 days were resolved within 1 h 56 min.

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