OpenAI experienced a minor incident on August 5, 2026 affecting Files and Image Generation, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
FilesImage Generation
Update timeline
- identified Aug 05, 2026, 02:55 PM UTC
Status: Identified We are investigating elevated errors affecting image generation. Some users may experience failed image generation requests. We are working to reduce the errors and will provide another update as we learn more. Affected components Image Generation (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Aug 05, 2026, 03:28 PM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Image Generation (Degraded performance)
- resolved Aug 05, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Files (Operational) Image Generation (Operational)