OpenAI experienced a minor incident on February 14, 2026 affecting Images and Image Generation, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- identified Feb 13, 2026, 08:11 AM UTC
Status: Identified We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation. Affected components Images (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Feb 13, 2026, 08:22 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Images (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance)
- resolved Feb 13, 2026, 08:59 AM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Images (Operational) Image Generation (Operational)
- investigating Feb 14, 2026, 01:35 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Images (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance)
- resolved Feb 14, 2026, 04:24 AM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Images (Operational) Image Generation (Operational)