Is OpenAI Down?
ChatGPT, GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, o3, DALL-E, Whisper, and OpenAI API platform services.
[ 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 23 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
Pinned chats are not loading on web browsers for ChatGPT
Mar 20, 2026 — Resolved Mar 21, 2026
Sora video generation failing
Mar 18, 2026 — Resolved Mar 18, 2026
+ 2 more updates
Excel Plugin is inaccessible for some users
Mar 17, 2026 — Resolved Mar 17, 2026
High Error rates with ChatGPT 5.4 Pro
Mar 17, 2026 — Resolved Mar 17, 2026
Elevated errors for sign-in and account creation
Mar 17, 2026 — Resolved Mar 17, 2026
+ 1 more updates
Elevated Errors Affecting ChatGPT Free and Guest Plan Users
Mar 17, 2026 — Resolved Mar 17, 2026
Responses API errors when using background mode
Mar 13, 2026 — Resolved Mar 13, 2026
Conversation Errors for Logged out Users
Mar 13, 2026 — Resolved Mar 13, 2026
Some users seeing "No Accessible Workspaces" when attempting to login via SSO
Mar 12, 2026 — Resolved Mar 12, 2026
Increased errors with ChatGPT file downloads
Mar 10, 2026 — Resolved Mar 12, 2026
Increased errors on ChatGPT File Uploads
Mar 10, 2026 — Resolved Mar 12, 2026
+ 1 more updates
Elevated login errors
Mar 11, 2026 — Resolved Mar 11, 2026
Elevated conversation errors for ChatGPT
Mar 11, 2026 — Resolved Mar 11, 2026
Elevated error rates for Deep Research in Enterprise Workspaces
Mar 11, 2026 — Resolved Mar 11, 2026
Codex unresponsive
Mar 9, 2026 — Resolved Mar 9, 2026
+ 10 more updates
Degraded performance with the Support chat
Mar 10, 2026 — Resolved Mar 10, 2026
+ 1 more updates
Deep Research requests are erroring for LATAM users
Mar 9, 2026 — Resolved Mar 10, 2026
Elevated conversation errors for Enterprise and Edu users
Mar 9, 2026 — Resolved Mar 9, 2026
Issues with Increased Codex Usage Rate
Mar 6, 2026 — Resolved Mar 7, 2026
Login Issues
Mar 7, 2026 — Resolved Mar 7, 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
Is OpenAI 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.
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.
How often is OpenAI status updated here?
We check OpenAI's status page every 60 seconds. How quickly issues show up here depends on how fast OpenAI updates their own official status.
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.
What can I do if OpenAI goes down?
The most common approach is to set up automatic failover to an alternative provider. Bifrost is an open-source AI gateway that can route requests away from OpenAI when it's experiencing issues, keeping your application running even when a single provider has problems.