OpenAI API outage on October 14, 2026: Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

OpenAI reported an incident affecting OpenAI API for 1 day 17 hours on 14 October 2026, from 17:00 to 10:44 UTC.

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Resolved

Official incident reported by OpenAI

Started: 17:00; 14 Oct 2026 UTC
Resolved: 10:44; 16 Oct 2026 UTC
Duration: 1d 17h; 1 day 17 hours
Impact: Minor; as rated by OpenAI
Updates: 5; posted by OpenAI

Timeline

All times UTC.

Official incident from OpenAI

Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

Resolved Minor impact 14 Oct 2026 17:00 UTC View on OpenAI's status page

14 Oct 17:00 Official
Identified
We have identified an issue causing delays in publishing organization cost data through the Costs API. API and ChatGPT usage are not affected, and other reporting channels remain available. We are working to restore normal data freshness.
14 Oct 17:02 Official
Identified
We have identified an issue causing delays in publishing organization cost data through the Costs API. API and ChatGPT usage are not affected, and other reporting channels remain available. We are working to restore normal data freshness.
14 Oct 20:00 Official
Identified
We have identified an issue causing delays in publishing organization cost data through the Costs API. A fix is in progress and currently undergoing testing. API and ChatGPT usage are not affected, and other reporting channels remain available. We are continuing work to restore normal data freshness.
15 Oct 22:36 Official
Monitoring
We have deployed a fix and are monitoring recovery. Costs data in the Compliance API remains delayed while we process the backlog. We will provide further updates as processing catches up.
16 Oct 10:44 Official
Resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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