OpenAI incident

Responses API errors when using background mode

Minor Resolved View vendor source →
Started
Mar 13, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 13, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC
Duration
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Detected by Pingoru
Mar 13, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC

Affected components

Responses

Update timeline

  1. investigating Mar 13, 2026, 07:38 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating Starting around 11:50am PT, customers may be experiencing errors when calling the Responses API with background:true. We are currently investigating the issue. Affected components Responses (Degraded performance)

  2. resolved Mar 13, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC

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

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