OpenAI API outage history
HostTracker's checkpoints recorded no outage of 5 minutes or longer on api.openai.com in the last 90 days. This page lists every one we measure, as soon as one happens. OpenAI also posted 38 incidents on its own status page that our checks did not record as an outage; they are listed too, marked Official.
Recorded outages
Last 90 days · 5 min and longer · UTC
- Official onlyChatGPT Work and Dots Errors 12 hours 38 minutes so far
- Official onlyElevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plans 1 hour 54 minutes
- Official onlyFile upload errors in ChatGPT 4 hours 53 minutes
- Official onlyElevated errors with search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and certain ChatGPT thinking experiences 1 hour 35 minutes
- Official onlyElevated errors for GPT Image 2 API image edits 4 hours 1 minute
- Official onlyDegraded Performace on ChatGPT Work 9 days so far
- Official only6.1 Sol Degraded Model Performance 1 hour 18 minutes
- Official onlyElevated error rates for most hosted Code Reviews and Security Reviews on private GitHub repositories 5 hours 54 minutes
- Official onlyElevated error rates for Ads POST requests 11 minutes
- Official onlyDegraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD 50 minutes
- Official onlyHelp Center Chat Support Degraded 33 minutes
- Official onlyDelays in customer support responses 2 hours 17 minutes
- Official onlyNew Ad Accounts failing to provision admins 4 hours 31 minutes
- Official onlyDegraded Performance of Dots on Enterprise 2 hours 4 minutes
- Official onlyElevated ChatGPT conversation and Responses API errors 6 hours 32 minutes
- Official onlyAuthentication errors for some users 1 minute
- Official onlyElevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests 1 hour 9 minutes
- Official onlyElevated FedRAMP API error rates for Astra and Sol 5 hours 17 minutes
- Official onlyDegraded performance in ChatGPT, Codex, and APIs 1 hour 2 minutes
- Official onlyFile Download errors 42 minutes
- Official onlyWidespread feature degradation 2 hours 27 minutes
- Official onlyDelayed Costs data in the Compliance API 1 day 17 hours
- Official onlyLimited availability on gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst 40 minutes
- Official onlyDegraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work 2 hours 47 minutes
- Official onlyDegraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode 8 hours 27 minutes
- Official onlyWorkspace admins may be unable to manage plugins 1 hour 38 minutes
- Official onlySome ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android 3 hours 26 minutes
- Official onlyDelayed Costs data in the Compliance API 2 days 22 hours
- Official onlySome APAC users are seeing errors in ChatGPT Work, conversations, and GPTs. 1 hour 34 minutes
- Official onlyElevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspaces 21 minutes
- Official onlyDegraded performance in Codex and Work mode: Dot turn failures, delayed responses, and reduced proactivity 1 hour 2 minutes
- Official onlyDot in Codex may fail to create new threads 1 hour 35 minutes
- Official onlyUnable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app 6 hours 22 minutes
- Official onlyWorkspace Agents Degraded and Responses Impacted 1 hour 48 minutes
- Official onlyComputer Use Is Experiencing Issues 2 hours 45 minutes
- Official onlyErrors processing large PDFs in the Responses API 2 hours 4 minutes
- Official onlyElevated error rates in ChatGPT Go conversations 1 hour 5 minutes
- Official onlyElevated errors affecting multiple products including ChatGPT (conversations), Image generations, Spaces and Pages, API rehydration, and Dots. 36 minutes
Rows tagged "Official" carry the incident OpenAI posted on its own status page, quoted and linked on the incident's page; an "Official only" row is one our checkpoints did not record as an outage. Every other outage was measured by HostTracker's own checkpoints and confirmed from several locations before it was recorded. Open any row for its timeline, or see the live OpenAI API status and the 90-day uptime chart.
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