OpenAI incident

Limited availability on gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst

OpenAI experienced a minor incident on October 14, 2026 affecting Images, lasting 40m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started: Oct 14, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC
Resolved: Oct 14, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC
Duration: 40m
Detected by Pingoru: Oct 14, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC

Affected components

Images

Update timeline

investigating Oct 14, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC

Status: Investigating We are investigating limited availability when using gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst in the API. Affected components Images (Degraded performance)
monitoring Oct 14, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Images (Degraded performance)
resolved Oct 14, 2026, 10:58 AM UTC

Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Images (Operational)