OpenAI Outage History

There were 93 OpenAI outages since February 3, 2026. Each is summarised below — incident details, duration, and resolution information.

Source: https://status.openai.com

Minor February 16, 2026

Shopping Research Feature Down

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 16, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 16, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Search

Timeline · 3 updates

identified Feb 16, 2026, 08:48 PM UTC

Status: Identified We have identified that users are unable to use the shopping research feature. We are working on implementing a mitigation. Affected components Search (Full outage)
monitoring Feb 16, 2026, 08:55 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Search (Full outage)
resolved Feb 16, 2026, 09:12 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 16, 2026

Increased error rates on Codex Cloud

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 16, 2026, 05:47 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 16, 2026, 05:47 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Codex Web

Timeline · 3 updates

identified Feb 16, 2026, 05:27 PM UTC

Status: Identified We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for across Codex Cloud. We are working on implementing a mitigation. Affected components Codex Web (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 16, 2026, 05:41 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Codex Web (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 16, 2026, 05:47 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 14, 2026

Delays in Support Email Processing

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 14, 2026, 08:44 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 14, 2026, 08:44 PM UTC
Duration: —

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Feb 14, 2026, 06:07 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are currently investigating an issue impacting our support contact channels. Some users may experience delays or difficulty reaching our support team.
monitoring Feb 14, 2026, 06:30 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
resolved Feb 14, 2026, 08:44 PM UTC

Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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Minor February 14, 2026

High errors with image generation

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 14, 2026, 04:24 AM UTC
Resolved: Feb 14, 2026, 04:24 AM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: ImagesImage Generation

Timeline · 5 updates

identified Feb 13, 2026, 08:11 AM 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)
monitoring Feb 13, 2026, 08:22 AM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Images (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 13, 2026, 08:59 AM UTC

Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Images (Operational) Image Generation (Operational)
investigating Feb 14, 2026, 01:35 AM UTC

Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Images (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 14, 2026, 04:24 AM UTC

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

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Minor February 12, 2026

ChatGPT Conversation Issues

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 12, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 12, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Conversations

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Feb 12, 2026, 09:34 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 12, 2026, 09:44 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 12, 2026, 09:56 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 12, 2026

high error rate in text-embedding-3-small

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 12, 2026, 05:52 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 12, 2026, 05:52 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Embeddings

Timeline · 3 updates

identified Feb 12, 2026, 02:39 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 Embeddings (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 12, 2026, 04:10 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. You may still be experiencing high latency. Affected components Embeddings (Operational)
resolved Feb 12, 2026, 05:52 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 12, 2026

Some users may experience issues starting conversations in ChatGPT

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 12, 2026, 04:59 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 12, 2026, 04:59 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Conversations

Timeline · 4 updates

investigating Feb 11, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
investigating Feb 12, 2026, 01:35 AM UTC

Status: Investigating We are still investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 12, 2026, 07:23 AM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 12, 2026, 04:59 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 11, 2026

Increased login errors for ChatGPT

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 11, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC
Resolved: Feb 11, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Login

Timeline · 5 updates

investigating Feb 10, 2026, 10:41 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are currently investigating an issue impacting ChatGPT login and are working to identify the root cause. Affected components Login (Degraded performance)
investigating Feb 10, 2026, 11:13 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are continuing to investigate an issue impacting ChatGPT login and are working to identify the root cause. Affected components Login (Degraded performance)
identified Feb 10, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC

Status: Identified We have identified the cause for users experiencing login issues for ChatGPT. We are working on implementing a mitigation. Affected components Login (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 11, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Login (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 11, 2026, 12:41 AM UTC

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

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Minor February 10, 2026

Increased error rates for ChatGPT Go

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 10, 2026, 08:57 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 10, 2026, 08:57 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Conversations

Timeline · 4 updates

identified Feb 10, 2026, 08:10 PM UTC

Status: Identified We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for ChatGPT Go. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
identified Feb 10, 2026, 08:22 PM UTC

Status: Identified We have identified the root cause and are actively implementing mitigations to restore full service. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 10, 2026, 08:27 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring Mitigation has been successfully implemented and error rates have returned to normal levels. We are continuing to monitor the system to ensure sustained stability. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 10, 2026, 08:57 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 10, 2026

GPT 5.2 Elevated Error Rates

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 10, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 10, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Conversations

Timeline · 6 updates

investigating Feb 10, 2026, 04:45 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
investigating Feb 10, 2026, 04:46 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue with model GPT 5.2 Thinking. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
investigating Feb 10, 2026, 05:18 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are continuing the investigation of the issue with model GPT 5.2 Thinking. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 10, 2026, 05:44 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring A mitigation has been successfully deployed, and ChatGPT error rates have returned to expected levels. We will continue to closely monitor the service to ensure sustained stability. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 10, 2026, 06:12 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We are continuing to closely monitor the service to ensure sustained stability. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 10, 2026, 07:29 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 9, 2026

Codex Cloud issues due to Github Dependencies

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 09, 2026, 08:23 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 09, 2026, 08:23 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Codex Web

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Feb 09, 2026, 04:30 PM UTC

Status: Investigating Codex Cloud is experiencing issues related to Github functionality due to outage in Github dependencies. Affected components Codex Web (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 09, 2026, 08:22 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Codex Web (Operational)
resolved Feb 09, 2026, 08:23 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 7, 2026

Some ChatGPT users may be experiencing issues with loading conversations

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 07, 2026, 09:11 AM UTC
Resolved: Feb 07, 2026, 09:11 AM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Conversations

Timeline · 2 updates

monitoring Feb 07, 2026, 08:59 AM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 07, 2026, 09:11 AM UTC

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

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Minor February 5, 2026

Increased ChatGPT errors for some users

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 05, 2026, 12:48 AM UTC
Resolved: Feb 05, 2026, 12:48 AM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Codex WebChatGPT AtlasFile uploadsConversationsAgentVoice modeConnectors/AppsCompliance APIDeep ResearchSearchGPTsImage GenerationLogin

Timeline · 3 updates

identified Feb 04, 2026, 10:09 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 Login (Degraded performance) File uploads (Degraded performance) Voice mode (Degraded performance) Search (Degraded performance) Compliance API (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) Agent (Degraded performance) Conversations (Degraded performance) GPTs (Degraded performance) Deep Research (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Degraded performance) Connectors/Apps (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Atlas (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 05, 2026, 12:19 AM UTC

Status: Monitoring We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components GPTs (Operational) Agent (Operational) Codex Web (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) Deep Research (Operational) Connectors/Apps (Operational) ChatGPT Atlas (Operational) Login (Operational) Search (Operational) Conversations (Operational) Compliance API (Operational)
resolved Feb 05, 2026, 12:48 AM UTC

Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Compliance API (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) Agent (Operational) Deep Research (Operational) Codex Web (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) Conversations (Operational) GPTs (Operational) Connectors/Apps (Operational) ChatGPT Atlas (Operational) Login (Operational) Search (Operational)

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Minor February 4, 2026

ChatGPT Availability Impacted

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 04, 2026, 09:04 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 04, 2026, 09:04 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Codex WebChatGPT AtlasFile uploadsConversationsAgentVoice modeConnectors/AppsCompliance APIDeep ResearchSearchGPTsImage GenerationLogin

Timeline · 4 updates

identified Feb 04, 2026, 05:05 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 GPTs (Degraded performance) Deep Research (Degraded performance) Connectors/Apps (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Atlas (Degraded performance) Login (Degraded performance) Voice mode (Degraded performance) Search (Degraded performance) Conversations (Degraded performance) Compliance API (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) Agent (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Degraded performance) File uploads (Degraded performance)
investigating Feb 04, 2026, 05:35 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components ChatGPT Atlas (Degraded performance) Voice mode (Degraded performance) Search (Degraded performance) Conversations (Degraded performance) Compliance API (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) Agent (Degraded performance) Deep Research (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Degraded performance) Login (Degraded performance) File uploads (Degraded performance) GPTs (Degraded performance) Connectors/Apps (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 04, 2026, 05:43 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Agent (Operational) ChatGPT Atlas (Operational) Login (Operational) Search (Operational) Conversations (Operational) Compliance API (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) Deep Research (Operational) Codex Web (Operational) Connectors/Apps (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) GPTs (Operational)
resolved Feb 04, 2026, 09:04 PM UTC

Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Login (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) Search (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) Connectors/Apps (Operational) Conversations (Operational) Compliance API (Operational) GPTs (Operational) Agent (Operational) Deep Research (Operational) Codex Web (Operational) ChatGPT Atlas (Operational)

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Minor February 4, 2026

Custom GPT updates are failing for users

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 04, 2026, 02:51 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 04, 2026, 02:51 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: GPTs

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Feb 04, 2026, 12:45 PM UTC

Status: Investigating We are investigating reports of update failures for configuration for Custom GPTs. Affected components GPTs (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 04, 2026, 02:06 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components GPTs (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 04, 2026, 02:51 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 4, 2026

Some users may experience issues loading or starting conversations

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 04, 2026, 03:46 AM UTC
Resolved: Feb 04, 2026, 03:46 AM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Conversations

Timeline · 3 updates

investigating Feb 04, 2026, 01:23 AM UTC

Status: Investigating We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 04, 2026, 01:42 AM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 04, 2026, 03:46 AM UTC

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

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Minor February 3, 2026

Elevated error rates for finetuning jobs

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 03, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 03, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Fine-tuning

Timeline · 3 updates

identified Feb 03, 2026, 08:55 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 Fine-tuning (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 03, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Fine-tuning (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 03, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC

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

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Minor February 3, 2026

Elevated error rates for ChatGPT and Platform users

Detected by Pingoru: Feb 03, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
Resolved: Feb 03, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
Duration: —

Affected: Codex WebChatGPT AtlasFile uploadsConversationsAgentVoice modeConnectors/AppsCompliance APIDeep ResearchSearchGPTsImage GenerationLogin

Timeline · 4 updates

identified Feb 03, 2026, 08:32 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 GPTs (Degraded performance) Agent (Degraded performance) File uploads (Degraded performance) Voice mode (Degraded performance) Search (Degraded performance) Compliance API (Degraded performance) Deep Research (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Degraded performance) Connectors/Apps (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Atlas (Degraded performance) Login (Degraded performance) Conversations (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance)
identified Feb 03, 2026, 08:44 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 Login (Degraded performance) File uploads (Degraded performance) Voice mode (Degraded performance) Search (Degraded performance) Compliance API (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) GPTs (Degraded performance) Login (Degraded performance) Conversations (Degraded performance) Agent (Degraded performance) Deep Research (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Degraded performance) Connectors/Apps (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Atlas (Degraded performance)
monitoring Feb 03, 2026, 09:21 PM UTC

Status: Monitoring We have identified the issue, applied the necessary mitigations and are monitoring the recovery. Affected components Login (Degraded performance) File uploads (Degraded performance) Voice mode (Degraded performance) Search (Degraded performance) Conversations (Degraded performance) GPTs (Degraded performance) Agent (Degraded performance) Login (Degraded performance) Compliance API (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) Deep Research (Degraded performance) Codex Web (Degraded performance) Connectors/Apps (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Atlas (Degraded performance)
resolved Feb 03, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC

Status: Resolved All impacted services have now fully recovered. Affected components Codex Web (Operational) Connectors/Apps (Operational) Voice mode (Operational) Conversations (Operational) Compliance API (Operational) Image Generation (Operational) GPTs (Operational) Login (Operational) ChatGPT Atlas (Operational) Login (Operational) File uploads (Operational) Search (Operational) Agent (Operational) Deep Research (Operational)

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