Resolved after 21 minutes, affecting OpenAI, on August 18, 2026.
OpenAI has reported that all systems are operational. AI features powered by OpenAI — including Pieces Conversational Search and single-click summaries — should now be functioning normally. If you continue to experience issues, please contact support: https://pieces.app/support.
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- investigating Aug 18, 2026, 07:18 PM UTC
OpenAI is experiencing degraded performance. This may affect AI-powered features in Pieces. What you may experience: • Pieces Conversational Search responses may fail or time out when using affected models • Single-click summaries and snippet enrichment may be unavailable Affected models: GPT-5.4, GPT-5 Thinking, o3, and 12 other models What still works: • On-device (local) models are fully operational • All locally saved snippets, conversations, and data are unaffected Workaround: You can switch to Google Gemini (Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview, etc.), AWS Bedrock (Amazon Nova Pro, etc.) in your Pieces model settings. On-device (local) models also remain fully operational. We are monitoring the situation and will provide updates as more information becomes available. Track this issue: OpenAI Status Page: https://status.openai.com
- resolved Aug 18, 2026, 07:38 PM UTC
OpenAI has reported that all systems are operational. AI features powered by OpenAI — including Pieces Conversational Search and single-click summaries — should now be functioning normally. If you continue to experience issues, please contact support: https://pieces.app/support.
- resolved Aug 18, 2026, 07:39 PM UTC
Auto-resolved: monitor confirms all impacted components are healthy.
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