Minor incident
OpenAI: Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests
Oct 26, 2026, 18:19 UTC
started
18:30 UTC
resolved
11 min
duration
Current status of OpenAI: Operational — live OpenAI status
Timeline
- Oct 26, 2026, 18:19 UTCidentifiedWe have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for POST /ads/* endpoints. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- Oct 26, 2026, 18:25 UTCmonitoringWe have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- Oct 26, 2026, 18:30 UTCresolvedAll impacted services have now fully recovered.
Updates as published by OpenAI.
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