Minor incident
OpenAI: Elevated errors affecting multiple products including ChatGPT (conversations), Image generations, Spaces and Pages, API rehydration, and Dots.
Oct 6, 2026, 02:41 UTC
started
03:17 UTC
resolved
36 min
duration
Current status of OpenAI: Operational — live OpenAI status
Timeline
- Oct 6, 2026, 02:41 UTCinvestigatingWe are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- Oct 6, 2026, 02:44 UTCmonitoringWe have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- Oct 6, 2026, 03:17 UTCresolvedAll impacted services have now fully recovered.
Updates as published by OpenAI.
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