OpenAI API Outage History
OpenAI API is up right nowPingoru has recorded 99 incidents for OpenAI API: 99 in the last 12 months and 28 in the last 90 days.
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| Month | Incidents | Hours with an open incident |
|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | 13 | 53 of 720 (7%) |
| May 2026 | 15 | 81 of 744 (11%) |
| June 2026 | 13 | 392 of 720 (54%) |
| July 2026 | 12 | 301 of 744 (40%) |
| August 2026 | 3 | 11 of 744 (1%) |
| September 2026 | 10 | 41 of 720 (6%) |
| October 2026 | 13 | 57 of 572 (10%) |
Incidents, newest first
Minor May 28, 2026 Subscription checkout failing – Login, Responses, Fine-tuning, Images and 26 more
Started May 28, 2026, 05:27 AM UTC· resolved May 28, 2026, 05:27 AM UTC
- resolved May 28, 2026, 05:27 AM UTC
Resolved - Some users were unable to complete subscriptions on web and mobile. Affected users may have experienced the Subscribe button becoming unresponsive or encountered the error message submit_error_source:email during checkout.
Minor May 27, 2026 Codex Context Compaction Latency 13h 2m Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, VS Code extension and 1 more
Started May 27, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC· resolved May 28, 2026, 06:59 AM UTC
- identified May 27, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC
We're investigating an issue causing Codex context compaction to be slower than expected.
- investigating May 28, 2026, 12:14 AM UTC
We are still investigating the issue for the listed services.
- investigating May 28, 2026, 01:47 AM UTC
We are still investigating the issue for the listed services.
- identified May 28, 2026, 02:31 AM UTC
We've identified a configuration error that caused Codex to be slow. We are working on implementing the mitigation at the moment.
- monitoring May 28, 2026, 03:09 AM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 28, 2026, 06:59 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 27, 2026 Elevated Latency and Errors on API 5h 19m Audio, Embeddings, Chat Completions
Started May 27, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC· resolved May 27, 2026, 08:06 PM UTC
- investigating May 27, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- investigating May 27, 2026, 03:21 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- identified May 27, 2026, 03:45 PM UTC
We are still implementing the mitigation.
- monitoring May 27, 2026, 03:59 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 27, 2026, 05:12 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
- monitoring May 27, 2026, 05:54 PM UTC
We have received additional reports of elevated latency and errors after our previous recovery update. Mitigation remains in place, and we are monitoring recovery while we validate the remaining impact.
- resolved May 27, 2026, 08:06 PM UTC
The API issue has been Resolved.
Minor May 26, 2026 Login issues for FedRAMP users who recently logged out 16h 2m Login, FedRAMP, Login
Started May 26, 2026, 01:59 PM UTC· resolved May 27, 2026, 06:01 AM UTC
- investigating May 26, 2026, 01:59 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- identified May 26, 2026, 02:20 PM UTC
We have identified that users are experiencing login issues for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- monitoring May 27, 2026, 05:31 AM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 27, 2026, 04:16 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 22, 2026 Increase in users hitting Codex rate limits 18h 20m Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, VS Code extension and 1 more
Started May 22, 2026, 04:37 PM UTC· resolved May 23, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC
- investigating May 22, 2026, 04:37 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring May 22, 2026, 07:16 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- monitoring May 22, 2026, 07:16 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 23, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 19, 2026 API users may see increased error rates for GPT-5.4 and GPT-5.5 1h 5m Responses, Chat Completions
Started May 19, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC· resolved May 20, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC
- identified May 19, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- monitoring May 19, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- monitoring May 19, 2026, 11:59 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 20, 2026, 12:37 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 13, 2026 Codex 5.5 engines are experiencing high error rate 2h 2m Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, VS Code extension and 1 more
Started May 13, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC· resolved May 13, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC
- investigating May 13, 2026, 08:18 AM UTC
We are currently experiencing elevated error rates for gpt-5.5.
- identified May 13, 2026, 09:00 AM UTC
High error rate on codex gpt 5.5 for free users. Degraded latency on gpt 5.5 for all codex users.
- monitoring May 13, 2026, 09:34 AM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 13, 2026, 10:20 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 13, 2026 Realtime API - SIP/WebRTC flow are down 2h 55m Audio
Started May 13, 2026, 06:28 AM UTC· resolved May 13, 2026, 09:23 AM UTC
- investigating May 13, 2026, 06:28 AM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- investigating May 13, 2026, 06:37 AM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- resolved May 13, 2026, 09:23 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 11, 2026 Elevated error rates with GPT 5.5 1h 48m Responses, Chat Completions
Started May 11, 2026, 04:11 PM UTC· resolved May 11, 2026, 05:59 PM UTC
- investigating May 11, 2026, 04:11 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- identified May 11, 2026, 04:35 PM UTC
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- monitoring May 11, 2026, 05:04 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 11, 2026, 05:59 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 11, 2026 Users may experience elevated errors in ChatGPT uploading files and Codex Cloud creating tasks 4h 12m Codex Web, File uploads
Started May 11, 2026, 01:23 AM UTC· resolved May 11, 2026, 05:35 AM UTC
- investigating May 11, 2026, 01:23 AM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring May 11, 2026, 03:23 AM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 11, 2026, 05:35 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 9, 2026 Elevated errors for Responses API 44s Responses
Started May 09, 2026, 12:07 AM UTC· resolved May 09, 2026, 12:08 AM UTC
- monitoring May 09, 2026, 12:07 AM UTC
Between 4:05pm and 4:40pm PT on May 8, some customers using the Responses API may have experienced elevated 404 errors. We identified the issue as related to a recent deploy and rolled it back. Responses API traffic has recovered, and we are marking this incident as resolved.
- resolved May 09, 2026, 12:08 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered. Between 4:05pm and 4:40pm PT on May 8, some customers using the Responses API may have experienced elevated 404 errors. We identified the issue as related to a recent deploy and rolled it back. Responses API traffic has recovered, and we are marking this incident as resolved.
Minor May 8, 2026 Degraded Performance with Codex Cloud Tasks 1h 10m Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, VS Code extension and 1 more
Started May 08, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC· resolved May 08, 2026, 04:17 PM UTC
- investigating May 08, 2026, 03:07 PM UTC
We are observing an issue with follow-up prompts to Codex Cloud tasks failing at higher than expected rate. We are investigating the issue.
- resolved May 08, 2026, 04:17 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 8, 2026 Increased Error Rate for gpt-5.5 model in the API 1h 43m Responses, Chat Completions
Started May 08, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC· resolved May 08, 2026, 02:14 PM UTC
- investigating May 08, 2026, 12:31 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- investigating May 08, 2026, 01:26 PM UTC
We are seeing partial recovery, but are still working on implementing additional mitigations.
- identified May 08, 2026, 01:42 PM UTC
We implemented the mitigations and are observing reduction in error rates, but are still seeing higher than normal latency.
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 01:57 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 08, 2026, 02:14 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 7, 2026 Elevated transcription failures affecting ChatGPT & Codex 15h 15m Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, VS Code extension and 2 more
Started May 07, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC· resolved May 08, 2026, 08:31 AM UTC
- identified May 07, 2026, 05:15 PM UTC
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- investigating May 07, 2026, 06:44 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- investigating May 07, 2026, 08:17 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- investigating May 07, 2026, 11:47 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring May 08, 2026, 06:15 AM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 08, 2026, 08:31 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor May 1, 2026 Elevated error rate for Responses API 1h 12m Responses
Started May 01, 2026, 02:25 PM UTC· resolved May 01, 2026, 03:38 PM UTC
- investigating May 01, 2026, 02:25 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring May 01, 2026, 03:04 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved May 01, 2026, 03:38 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor April 29, 2026 ChatGPT users may encounter issues in conversation 9m Login, Responses, Fine-tuning, Images and 26 more
Started Apr 29, 2026, 05:18 AM UTC· resolved Apr 29, 2026, 05:27 AM UTC
- investigating Apr 29, 2026, 05:18 AM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- resolved Apr 29, 2026, 05:27 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor April 29, 2026 Users may experience elevated error rate for gpt-4o-mini in the API 28m Responses, Chat Completions
Started Apr 29, 2026, 05:12 AM UTC· resolved Apr 29, 2026, 05:41 AM UTC
- identified Apr 29, 2026, 05:12 AM UTC
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- monitoring Apr 29, 2026, 05:19 AM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Apr 29, 2026, 05:41 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor April 28, 2026 Codex stream is disconnecting intermittently 26m Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, VS Code extension and 1 more
Started Apr 28, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC· resolved Apr 28, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC
- identified Apr 28, 2026, 10:46 PM UTC
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- monitoring Apr 28, 2026, 10:58 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Apr 28, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor April 24, 2026 Elevated errors on model gpt-5.5 in codex 50m Codex API
Started Apr 24, 2026, 09:24 PM UTC· resolved Apr 24, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 24, 2026, 09:24 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- resolved Apr 24, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor April 23, 2026 Elevated errors in Codex 2h 6m Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, VS Code extension and 1 more
Started Apr 23, 2026, 06:23 PM UTC· resolved Apr 23, 2026, 08:29 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 23, 2026, 06:23 PM UTC
We’re investigating elevated errors affecting Codex gpt-5.5 usage. Some users may see intermittent “not found” errors when starting or updating requests. We’re working to mitigate the issue and will share another update soon.
- resolved Apr 23, 2026, 08:29 PM UTC
GPT-5.5 is now available to all paid users in Codex. If you continue to see access issues, please update to the latest Codex version. We’ll share another update if needed.
Minor April 23, 2026 Elevated error rates and latency for Moderation API 1h 13m Moderations
Started Apr 23, 2026, 04:44 PM UTC· resolved Apr 23, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 23, 2026, 04:44 PM UTC
We are investigating elevated error rates and latency affecting the Moderation API.
- monitoring Apr 23, 2026, 05:41 PM UTC
We applied mitigation by adding capacity, and error rates and latency are improving. Some API requests may continue to return errors or time out while recovery continues. We are monitoring to confirm the issue is fully resolved.
- resolved Apr 23, 2026, 05:57 PM UTC
Error rates and latency for the Moderation API have returned to normal levels after mitigation.
Minor April 21, 2026 Some users may encounter issues with GPT-5.4-C model in Codex 1h 58m Codex Web, Codex API, CLI, VS Code extension and 1 more
Started Apr 21, 2026, 02:34 AM UTC· resolved Apr 21, 2026, 04:33 AM UTC
- monitoring Apr 21, 2026, 02:34 AM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Apr 21, 2026, 04:33 AM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor April 20, 2026 Users unable to load ChatGPT, Codex and API Platform 4h 12m Login, ChatGPT Atlas, File uploads, Conversations and 10 more
Started Apr 20, 2026, 02:35 PM UTC· resolved Apr 20, 2026, 06:48 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 20, 2026, 02:35 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- investigating Apr 20, 2026, 03:13 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate the issue for the listed services.
- investigating Apr 20, 2026, 03:29 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Impacted users are currently unable to access ChatGPT, Codex and API Platform.
- investigating Apr 20, 2026, 04:03 PM UTC
We are continuing to investigate the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring Apr 20, 2026, 04:48 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- monitoring Apr 20, 2026, 05:43 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- monitoring Apr 20, 2026, 06:17 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Apr 20, 2026, 06:48 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor April 16, 2026 Responses API Streaming Error 1h 40m Responses
Started Apr 16, 2026, 07:40 PM UTC· resolved Apr 16, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 16, 2026, 07:40 PM UTC
We have identified an issue affecting some customers using the OpenAI Java SDK with Responses API streaming.
- monitoring Apr 16, 2026, 08:31 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Apr 16, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Minor April 15, 2026 ChatGPT FedRAMP workspaces not loading 1h FedRAMP
Started Apr 15, 2026, 05:55 PM UTC· resolved Apr 15, 2026, 06:55 PM UTC
- investigating Apr 15, 2026, 05:55 PM UTC
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- identified Apr 15, 2026, 06:40 PM UTC
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- monitoring Apr 15, 2026, 06:50 PM UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Apr 15, 2026, 06:55 PM UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.