OpenAI incident
Elevated error rates with the invalid_prompt error code
OpenAI experienced a minor incident on July 29, 2026 affecting Chat Completions, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Chat Completions
Update timeline
- investigating Jul 29, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Chat Completions (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Jul 29, 2026, 01:39 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Chat Completions (Degraded performance)
- resolved Jul 29, 2026, 02:20 AM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Chat Completions (Operational)