OpenAI API outage history

OpenAI API has reported 25 incidents (4 major) on its official status page in the last 30 days. The latest started Oct 27, 2026. Average time to resolve: 6h 44m.

1. 6.1 Sol Degraded Model Performance

   minor

   Started Oct 27, 2026, 03:02 PM UTC · fixed in 1h 18m

2. Elevated error rates for most hosted Code Reviews and Security Reviews on private GitHub repositories

   none

   Started Oct 27, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC · fixed in 29m

3. Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests

   minor

   Started Oct 26, 2026, 06:19 PM UTC · fixed in 11m

4. Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD

   minor

   Started Oct 23, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC · fixed in 50m

5. Help Center Chat Support Degraded

   none

   Started Oct 23, 2026, 09:30 PM UTC · fixed in 33m

6. Delays in customer support responses

   none

   Started Oct 23, 2026, 03:41 AM UTC · fixed in 2h 17m

7. New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins

   minor

   Started Oct 22, 2026, 07:36 PM UTC · fixed in 4h 31m

8. Degraded Performance of Dots on Enterprise

   minor

   Started Oct 22, 2026, 06:51 PM UTC · fixed in 2h 4m

9. Elevated ChatGPT conversation and Responses API errors

   minor

   Started Oct 22, 2026, 02:18 AM UTC · fixed in 6h 32m

10. Authentication errors for some users

    major

    Started Oct 21, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC · resolved

11. Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests

    minor

    Started Oct 21, 2026, 03:34 PM UTC · fixed in 1h 9m

12. Elevated FedRAMP API error rates for Astra and Sol

    minor

    Started Oct 21, 2026, 02:17 PM UTC · fixed in 5h 17m

13. Degraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs

    minor

    Started Oct 21, 2026, 02:26 AM UTC · fixed in 1h 2m

14. File Download errors

    minor

    Started Oct 19, 2026, 01:31 PM UTC · fixed in 42m

15. Widespread feature degradation

    major

    Started Oct 15, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC · fixed in 2h 27m

16. Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

    minor

    Started Oct 14, 2026, 05:00 PM UTC · fixed in 41h 44m

17. Limited availability on gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst

    minor

    Started Oct 14, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC · fixed in 40m

18. Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work

    minor

    Started Oct 14, 2026, 07:05 AM UTC · fixed in 2h 47m

19. Degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode

    minor

    Started Oct 13, 2026, 08:10 AM UTC · fixed in 8h 27m

20. Workspace admins may be unable to manage plugins

    major

    Started Oct 9, 2026, 09:48 PM UTC · fixed in 1h 38m

21. Some ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android

    major

    Started Oct 9, 2026, 09:00 PM UTC · fixed in 3h 26m

22. Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

    minor

    Started Oct 9, 2026, 05:23 PM UTC · fixed in 3d

23. Some APAC users are seeing errors in ChatGPT Work, conversations, and GPTs.

    minor

    Started Oct 8, 2026, 03:17 AM UTC · fixed in 1h 34m

24. Elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspaces

    minor

    Started Oct 7, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC · fixed in 21m

25. Degraded performance in Codex and Work mode: Dot turn failures, delayed responses, and reduced proactivity

    minor

    Started Oct 7, 2026, 05:21 PM UTC · fixed in 1h 2m