OpenAI incident

Elevated error rates for image generation

Minor Resolved View vendor source →
Started
May 01, 2026, 02:53 PM UTC
Resolved
May 01, 2026, 02:53 PM UTC
Duration
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Detected by Pingoru
May 01, 2026, 02:53 PM UTC

Affected components

ImagesImage Generation

Update timeline

  1. identified May 01, 2026, 01:52 PM UTC

    Status: Identified We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation. Affected components Images (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance)

  2. monitoring May 01, 2026, 02:52 PM UTC

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

  3. resolved May 01, 2026, 02:53 PM UTC

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

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