OpenAI incident
Elevated errors for ChatGPT conversations in Europe
OpenAI experienced a minor incident on April 20, 2026 affecting Conversations, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Conversations
Update timeline
- monitoring Apr 20, 2026, 05:29 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Apr 20, 2026, 07:17 PM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational)