OpenAI incident
Elevated errors for sign-in and account creation
OpenAI experienced a minor incident on March 17, 2026 affecting Login, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Mar 17, 2026, 02:42 AM UTC
Status: Identified We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for sign-ins and account creations. We are working on implementing a mitigation. Affected components Login (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Mar 17, 2026, 03:17 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Login (Degraded performance)
- resolved Mar 17, 2026, 04:09 AM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Login (Operational)
- identified Mar 17, 2026, 04:49 AM UTC
Status: Identified We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for sign-ins and account creations. We are working on implementing a mitigation. Affected components Login (Operational)
- monitoring Mar 17, 2026, 05:21 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Login (Operational)
- resolved Mar 17, 2026, 04:35 PM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Login (Operational)