AI research and deployment company behind ChatGPT and the GPT family of models. Originally a non-profit; restructured into a capped-profit company in 2019. Mission framed as building AGI that benefits all of humanity.
Method: a rolling quarter (13 weeks ≈ 91 days). Each cell is one 7-day slice of Statuspage-standard uptime (1 − (critical + 0.3 × major) / window; minors and maintenance excluded; red when the slice dips below the stated SLA).
OpenAI — Incidents by Day last 90d
MinorMajorCritical
Total 91 incidents
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Worst Incidents
Ranked by severity-weighted duration (impact × wall-clock). Click any incident for the full update timeline.
Type of Failure
Categorised from the public incident headlines (outage / latency / auth / etc.).
Elevated errors
59
55%
Other
15
14%
Degraded
12
11%
Latency
9
8%
Auth & login
7
6%
Outage
4
4%
Integrations
2
2%
When It Breaks
Incident starts by weekday × hour, UTC. Hover a cell for incident detail.
S
Sunday09:00–10:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Codex GitHub Review and Pull Request FailuresSep 13
Sunday14:00–15:00 UTC
1incident
1 major
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPTJul 19
Sunday16:00–17:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in EuropeSep 13
3
M
Monday00:00–01:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated errors for GitHub-dependent ChatGPT and Codex workflowsJul 20
Monday07:00–08:00 UTC
2incidents
2 minor
Elevated Work Mode errorsOct 5
Increased errors for some ChatGPT usersAug 10
Monday12:00–13:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Issues saving and editing PagesOct 5
Monday14:00–15:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Increased error ratesAug 10
Monday15:00–16:00 UTC
2incidents
1 major1 minor
Elevated errors affecting Work Mode in ChatGPTSep 14
ChatGPT Work seeing elevated errors and latencyAug 31
Monday16:00–17:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversationsOct 5
Monday18:00–19:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
We’re seeing elevated latency, timeouts, and interrupted streaming across gpt 5.1 mini model and gpt 4.1 miniJul 27
Monday19:00–20:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Image generation unavailable in ChatGPTJul 27
Monday22:00–23:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated latency in the Responses APIAug 31
11
T
Tuesday00:00–01:00 UTC
2incidents
2 minor
Elevated errors in API Platform login and administration APIs.Oct 6
Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free and Go plansSep 1
Tuesday02:00–03:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated errors affecting multiple products including ChatGPT (conversations), Image generations, Spaces and Pages, API rehydration, and Dots.Oct 6
Tuesday07:00–08:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated errors from GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.6 Instant on paid plansSep 15
Tuesday09:00–10:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Increased error rate for Plus and Pro users.Sep 22
Tuesday10:00–11:00 UTC
1incident
1 major
Image generation unavailable in ChatGPTJul 21
Tuesday12:00–13:00 UTC
2incidents
2 minor
Increased error ratesAug 11
Elevated ChatGPT conversation errors affecting Plus, Pro, Business, and Edu usersAug 4
Tuesday13:00–14:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated error rates in ChatGPT Go conversationsOct 6
Tuesday14:00–15:00 UTC
4incidents
4 minor
File uploads are delayed or failingSep 8
Elevated errors for image generationSep 8
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Go conversationsAug 11
+ 1 more
Tuesday15:00–16:00 UTC
2incidents
2 minor
Errors processing large PDFs in the Responses APIOct 6
Elevated Error Rates for ChatGPT Work, across Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Education plans.Sep 22
Tuesday16:00–17:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Ads Manager login issuesSep 15
Tuesday17:00–18:00 UTC
3incidents
3 minor
Computer Use Is Experiencing IssuesOct 6
Elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API including the Agents APISep 29
Users unable to login to ads managerAug 11
Tuesday18:00–19:00 UTC
1incident
1 major
Issues with logins and signupsJul 21
Tuesday19:00–20:00 UTC
2incidents
1 major1 minor
Elevated errors deploying SitesAug 18
Elevated errors for API image generationJul 21
Tuesday23:00–00:00 UTC
1incident
1 major
Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flareSep 15
23
W
Wednesday00:00–01:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated error rates with the invalid_prompt error codeJul 29
Wednesday01:00–02:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Workspace Agents Degraded and Responses ImpactedOct 7
Wednesday02:00–03:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated errors in ChatGPT Space PagesSep 30
Wednesday05:00–06:00 UTC
2incidents
1 major1 minor
Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop appOct 7
Elevated error rates for ChatGPT Pro and Plus usersSep 30
Wednesday07:00–08:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated Errors Affecting File Uploads and Image GenerationJul 22
Wednesday09:00–10:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated Error Rates for ChatGPT across Plus and Pro plans.Sep 23
Wednesday14:00–15:00 UTC
2incidents
2 minor
Elevated errors with image generationAug 5
Elevated errors for Workspace AgentJul 22
Wednesday15:00–16:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Increased Error Rate For Pro and Plus Plan ConversationsSep 9
Wednesday16:00–17:00 UTC
2incidents
2 minor
Dot in Codex may fail to create new threadsOct 7
Issues with Custom GPT actionsAug 5
Wednesday17:00–18:00 UTC
3incidents
3 minor
Degraded performance in Codex and Work mode: Dot turn failures, delayed responses, and reduced proactivityOct 7
Elevated latency for some API requestsSep 30
Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations with filesAug 5
Wednesday18:00–19:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated errors in ChatGPT WorkSep 16
Wednesday23:00–00:00 UTC
2incidents
2 minor
Elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspacesOct 7
Mobile users unable to see Work Mode and the Model PickerSep 23
18
T
Thursday00:00–01:00 UTC
2incidents
1 major1 minor
ChatGPT Work Mode High Error RatesSep 3
Chatgpt.com is down - all signups and logins are down as of right nowAug 20
Thursday02:00–03:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Unable to open shared ChatGPT Project using direct linkSep 10
Thursday03:00–04:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Some APAC users are seeing errors in ChatGPT Work, conversations, and GPTs.Oct 8
Thursday08:00–09:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated Error Rates For SSO LoginJul 16
Thursday13:00–14:00 UTC
1incident
1 minor
Elevated Errors for Thinking mode in ChatGPT Aug 20