OpenAI incident
Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free and Go plans
OpenAI experienced a minor incident on September 1, 2026 affecting Conversations, lasting —. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
Conversations
Update timeline
- investigating Sep 01, 2026, 12:38 AM UTC
Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
- monitoring Sep 01, 2026, 12:52 AM UTC
Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
- resolved Sep 01, 2026, 01:00 AM UTC
Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Conversations (Operational)