Is ChatGPT Down?
OpenAI · API & platform status
ChatGPT, GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, o3, DALL-E, Whisper, and OpenAI API platform services.
Official status data last reflected here:
[ STATUS AT A GLANCE ]
System Components
Current status of individual OpenAI services
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About OpenAI
What OpenAI does, where the data on this page comes from, and recent reliability
[ ABOUT OPENAI ]
About OpenAI
OpenAI provides ChatGPT, OpenAI API, GPT-4o, and o-series reasoning models. Teams depend on OpenAI for both end-user chat products and API-driven application traffic, so even short disruptions can affect support, automation, and revenue-critical workflows.
This page pulls data from OpenAI's official status page to show current service health, any active incidents, and a history of recent issues, all in one view.
[ DATA SOURCES ]
Full incident history available
OpenAI publishes detailed component status, a full incident archive, and scheduled maintenance data through their official status page.
- Data pulled from OpenAI's official status page (status.openai.com)
- Refreshed every 60 seconds
- Covers ChatGPT, OpenAI API, GPT-4o, o-series reasoning models, and DALL-E
- Includes full incident archive and scheduled maintenance history
[ RELIABILITY ]
Recent reliability
- 25 incidents reported over the last 90 days.
- Last reported incident was 2 days ago.
- All 24 monitored components are currently operational.
[ COMMON USE CASES ]
How teams use OpenAI
Teams depend on OpenAI for both end-user chat products and API-driven application traffic, so even short disruptions can affect support, automation, and revenue-critical workflows.
Incidents & Maintenance
Active incidents, scheduled maintenance, and incident history for OpenAI
Past Incidents
Overbilling for OpenAI-hosted containers in the Agent API
Sep 18, 2026 · Resolved Sep 19, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation, and any new sessions would not run into this issue. We are monitoring the recovery.
We are still implementing the mitigation.
We’re continuing to work on a fix for the container overbilling issue. We’re also reviewing affected usage to identify impacted customers and calculate refunds.
We’re investigating an issue causing higher-than-expected charges for OpenAI-hosted containers in the Agent API. We’re working on a fix and preparing refunds for affected customers. We’ll share further updates as we make progress.
Delayed support responses
Sep 18, 2026 · Resolved Sep 19, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Some support responses by email and chat may still be delayed while we work through affected cases.
Some users are experiencing delayed responses from OpenAI Support by email and chat. We’re investigating and will share updates as we learn more.
SSO sign-in and SCIM provisioning issues
Sep 18, 2026 · Resolved Sep 18, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Some users are unable to sign in with single sign-on (SSO). User and group provisioning through SCIM is also affected. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
We are seeing elevated error rates across API models
Sep 17, 2026 · Resolved Sep 17, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work mode
Sep 17, 2026 · Resolved Sep 17, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We are still implementing the mitigation.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services. Some users may experience failures when starting or running Work tasks.
Elevated errors in ChatGPT Work
Sep 16, 2026 · Resolved Sep 16, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We are continuing to investigate elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work. We will provide updates as we learn more.
We are investigating elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work. We will provide updates as we learn more.
Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare
Sep 15, 2026 · Resolved Sep 16, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We are experiencing elevated error rates for image generation and editing requests using gpt-image-2.5-flare in the API. Our team is working to mitigate the issue. We will provide another update as more information becomes available.
Ads Manager login issues
Sep 15, 2026 · Resolved Sep 15, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Elevated errors from GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.6 Instant on paid plans
Sep 15, 2026 · Resolved Sep 15, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
Elevated errors affecting Work Mode in ChatGPT
Sep 14, 2026 · Resolved Sep 15, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied additional mitigations for Work Mode. We are monitoring to confirm that workspace tools and files are functioning normally for ChatGPT Plus users.
Earlier today, some ChatGPT Plus users using Work Mode experienced errors starting or resuming tasks, or had limited access to workspace tools and files. We have applied a mitigation and service has recovered. We are monitoring the results.
Degraded Performance affecting Agents API
Sep 14, 2026 · Resolved Sep 14, 2026
The issue affecting the Agents API has been resolved. Managed sessions are now processing turns normally.
We have applied mitigations and are seeing recovery, but the service has not fully recovered. We are continuing to monitor recovery.
Since 1:30 PM Pacific Time on September 14, customers using the Agents API have experienced delays or been unable to start turns in managed sessions.
Elevated error rates for Codex and ChatGPT Work
Sep 14, 2026 · Resolved Sep 14, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
``` We are investigating elevated error rates affecting Codex and ChatGPT Work ```
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe
Sep 13, 2026 · Resolved Sep 13, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
Codex GitHub Review and Pull Request Failures
Sep 13, 2026 · Resolved Sep 13, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Github have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
Github has applied the mitigation and we are monitoring the recovery.
We have identified an upstream GitHub service disruption affecting review publication and pull request creation in Codex. Follow [GitHub’s status page](https://www.githubstatus.com/ "GitHub’s status page") for updates. We expect these workflows to recover as GitHub restores its services.
We have identified an upstream GitHub service disruption affecting review publication and pull request creation in Codex. Follow [GitHub’s status page](https://www.githubstatus.com/ "GitHub’s status page") for updates. We expect these workflows to recover as GitHub restores service. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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1% of ChatGPT Work (mobile/web) turns are failing for existing threads
Sep 11, 2026 · Resolved Sep 12, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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Elevated errors for GPT-5.6 Sol on the API
Sep 11, 2026 · Resolved Sep 11, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have brought additional capacity online and are seeing improvements for some GPT-5.6 Sol API traffic. We continue to mitigate elevated errors affecting Chat Completions and Responses and are monitoring recovery
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe
Sep 11, 2026 · Resolved Sep 11, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
Delays in customer support responses
Sep 10, 2026 · Resolved Sep 10, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We have identified the cause of the issue affecting our customer support systems and are implementing a mitigation. Customers may continue to experience longer than usual response times.
We are continuing to investigate technical issues affecting our customer support systems. Customers may continue to experience longer than usual response times. We are working to restore normal operations.
We are investigating technical issues affecting our customer support systems. Customers may experience longer than usual response times. We are working to restore normal operations.
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work
Sep 10, 2026 · Resolved Sep 10, 2026
All impacted services are now fully recovered.
We have applied mitigation and are monitoring recovery.
We are investigating elevated errors affecting some ChatGPT Work users. Some users may encounter server errors. We are working to mitigate the issue.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
Unable to open shared ChatGPT Project using direct link
Sep 10, 2026 · Resolved Sep 10, 2026
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
We are still implementing the mitigation.
We are still implementing the mitigation.
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is ChatGPT down right now?
Check the status indicator at the top of this page. It pulls directly from OpenAI's official status page. If OpenAI is experiencing any issues, you'll see it reflected here. This real-time monitoring helps teams quickly identify whether performance problems are caused by OpenAI infrastructure or their own systems.
What does this OpenAI status page track?
This page tracks ChatGPT, OpenAI API, GPT-4o, o-series reasoning models, and DALL-E using data from OpenAI's official status page. You can see current component health, active incidents, and a history of past issues. This visibility is crucial for teams building resilient AI applications that need to route around provider outages.
How often is OpenAI status updated here?
We check OpenAI's status page every 60 seconds to ensure you get near real-time status updates. How quickly issues show up here depends on how fast OpenAI updates their own official status. For production systems that need instant failover, Bifrost can automatically detect and route around degraded providers.
Why monitor OpenAI status?
Teams depend on OpenAI for both end-user chat products and API-driven application traffic, so even short disruptions can affect support, automation, and revenue-critical workflows. Real-time status monitoring enables proactive incident response and helps teams decide when to route traffic to alternative providers for maximum uptime.
What should I do when ChatGPT or OpenAI has an outage?
When OpenAI experiences an outage, the best practice is automatic failover to alternative AI providers. Bifrost is an open-source AI gateway that automatically detects OpenAI degradation and routes LLM traffic to healthy alternatives like Anthropic (Claude), Azure OpenAI, Groq, keeping your application running with zero manual intervention. This intelligent routing ensures your users never experience downtime from a single provider's issues.
How can I prevent OpenAI downtime from affecting my application?
Production AI applications should never depend on a single provider. Bifrost AI Gateway provides automatic multi-provider failover, intelligent load balancing, and health-based routing. When OpenAI degrades, Bifrost instantly routes requests to operational alternatives while maintaining API compatibility. This architecture approach is used by teams running mission-critical AI features.
What are common causes of OpenAI outages and degraded performance?
Common causes of OpenAI issues include infrastructure scaling challenges, regional cloud provider problems, API gateway overload, and deployment errors. Monitor this page to stay informed, and consider implementing automatic failover with Bifrost to maintain uptime during OpenAI incidents.
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OpenAI Models & Pricing
OpenAI offers 160 models across 7 modes (98 chat, 25 responses, 14 realtime, 11 image generation, 5 audio transcription, 4 embedding, 3 audio speech)