OpenAI incident
Elevated errors affecting multiple products including ChatGPT (conversations), Image generations, Spaces and Pages, API rehydration, and Dots.
OpenAI experienced a minor incident on October 6, 2026 affecting Conversations and Image Generation and 1 more component, lasting 33m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 06, 2026, 02:41 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components dots (Degraded performance) Conversations (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Work (Degraded performance) Space (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Oct 06, 2026, 02:44 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components dots (Degraded performance) Conversations (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Work (Degraded performance) Space (Degraded performance)
- resolved Oct 06, 2026, 03:17 AM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Space (Operational) dots (Operational) Conversations (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) ChatGPT Work (Operational)