OpenAI experienced a minor incident on February 18, 2026, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Update timeline
- identified Feb 18, 2026, 03:34 PM UTC
Status: Identified We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- investigating Feb 18, 2026, 04:15 PM UTC
Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring Feb 18, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved Feb 18, 2026, 04:40 PM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered.