Microsoft Azure incident
Azure OpenAI Service Elevated Error Rates in multiple regions
Microsoft Azure experienced a major incident on May 29, 2026, lasting 3h 19m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Update timeline
- monitoring May 29, 2026, 09:39 AM UTC
Impact Statement: Starting at 09:39 UTC on 29 May 2026, you have been identified as a subset of customers using Azure OpenAI service in multiple regions who may experience degraded request success where some requests returned errors or failed to complete. Current Status: We identified this issue through internal automated service monitoring after detecting a drop in call success rates. Our investigation indicates that the issue is linked to elevated server-side errors within a backend service layer in the affected region. We are actively investigating and working to determine the full scope and mitigation steps. The next update will be provided within 60 minutes, or sooner if there are significant developments.