OpenAI incident

Elevated ChatGPT conversation errors affecting Plus, Pro, Business, and Edu users

Minor Resolved View vendor source →

OpenAI experienced a minor incident on August 4, 2026 affecting Conversations, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.

Started
Aug 04, 2026, 03:25 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 04, 2026, 03:25 PM UTC
Duration
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Detected by Pingoru
Aug 04, 2026, 03:25 PM UTC

Affected components

Conversations

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 04, 2026, 12:43 PM UTC

    Status: Investigating We are investigating elevated errors affecting ChatGPT conversations. Some users may experience failed or interrupted responses, and some conversation turns may not be saved. The issue is affecting users across Plus, Pro, Business and Edu ChatGPT plans. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring Aug 04, 2026, 12:57 PM UTC

    Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)

  3. resolved Aug 04, 2026, 03:25 PM UTC

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