Minor incident

OpenAI: New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins

Oct 22, 2026, 19:36 UTC
started
00:07 UTC
resolved October 23, 2026
4 h 31 min
duration

Current status of OpenAI: Operational — live OpenAI status

Timeline

  1. Oct 22, 2026, 19:36 UTC
    identified
    We have identified that new ad accounts are failing to assign their creator admin. We are investigating the issue.
  2. Oct 22, 2026, 21:30 UTC
    identified
    We have identified the issue and are working to implement the mitigation.
  3. Oct 22, 2026, 23:45 UTC
    monitoring
    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
  4. Oct 23, 2026, 00:07 UTC
    resolved
    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Updates as published by OpenAI.

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