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title: "Is ChatGPT Down?"
description: "ChatGPT, GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, o3, DALL-E, Whisper, and OpenAI API platform services."
url: "https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/openai"
markdown: "https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/openai.md"
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# Is ChatGPT Down?

> ChatGPT, GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, o3, DALL-E, Whisper, and OpenAI API platform services.

## Important Links

- [View MCP Gateway](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/resources/mcp-gateway.md)
- [Features](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/#features)
- [Enterprise](https://www.getmaxim.ai/enterprise)
- [Pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/pricing)
- [Docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost)
- [Book a Demo](https://www.getmaxim.ai/book-a-demo)

## Status At A Glance

Official status data last reflected here: Jul 9, 2026 UTC.

- **Operational Current Status.** All Systems Operational
- **24 Components.** Service areas tracked on this page
- **25 90d Incidents.** Incidents reported in the last 90 days

## System Components

Current status of individual OpenAI services.

| Component | Status | Uptime |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ads Manager | Operational | - |
| Login | Operational | - |
| Images | Operational | - |
| Files | Operational | - |
| FedRAMP | Operational | - |
| Sora | Operational | - |
| Ads API | Operational | - |
| Fine-tuning | Operational | - |
| Realtime | Operational | - |
| Search | Operational | - |
| Compliance API | Operational | - |
| Agent | Operational | - |
| Deep Research | Operational | - |
| Codex Web | Operational | - |
| Connectors/Apps | Operational | - |
| Codex in ChatGPT Desktop | Operational | - |
| Codex API | Operational | - |
| Embeddings | Operational | - |
| VS Code extension | Operational | - |
| Sites | Operational | - |
| File uploads | Operational | - |
| Voice mode | Operational | - |
| ChatGPT Atlas | Operational | - |
| CLI | Operational | - |

## 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.

Full incident history available. OpenAI publishes detailed component status, a full incident archive, and scheduled maintenance data through their official status page.

## How This Page Is Monitored

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

## Recent Reliability

25 incidents reported over the last 90 days.

Last reported incident was 2 days ago.

All 24 monitored components are currently operational.

## Incidents & Maintenance

Active incidents, scheduled maintenance, and incident history for OpenAI.

| Incident | Status | Impact | Created | Resolved |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Overbilling for OpenAI-hosted containers in the Agent API | Resolved | None | Sep 18, 2026 UTC | Sep 19, 2026 UTC |
| Delayed support responses | Resolved | None | Sep 18, 2026 UTC | Sep 19, 2026 UTC |
| SSO sign-in and SCIM provisioning issues | Resolved | None | Sep 18, 2026 UTC | Sep 18, 2026 UTC |
| We are seeing elevated error rates across API models | Resolved | Minor | Sep 17, 2026 UTC | Sep 17, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work mode | Resolved | Major | Sep 17, 2026 UTC | Sep 17, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors in ChatGPT Work | Resolved | Minor | Sep 16, 2026 UTC | Sep 16, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare | Resolved | Major | Sep 15, 2026 UTC | Sep 16, 2026 UTC |
| Ads Manager login issues | Resolved | Minor | Sep 15, 2026 UTC | Sep 15, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors from GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.6 Instant on paid plans | Resolved | Minor | Sep 15, 2026 UTC | Sep 15, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors affecting Work Mode in ChatGPT | Resolved | Minor | Sep 14, 2026 UTC | Sep 15, 2026 UTC |
| Degraded Performance affecting Agents API | Resolved | None | Sep 14, 2026 UTC | Sep 14, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated error rates for Codex and ChatGPT Work | Resolved | None | Sep 14, 2026 UTC | Sep 14, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe | Resolved | Minor | Sep 13, 2026 UTC | Sep 13, 2026 UTC |
| Codex GitHub Review and Pull Request Failures | Resolved | Minor | Sep 13, 2026 UTC | Sep 13, 2026 UTC |
| 1% of ChatGPT Work (mobile/web) turns are failing for existing threads | Resolved | Minor | Sep 11, 2026 UTC | Sep 12, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors for GPT-5.6 Sol on the API | Resolved | Minor | Sep 11, 2026 UTC | Sep 11, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe | Resolved | Minor | Sep 11, 2026 UTC | Sep 11, 2026 UTC |
| Delays in customer support responses | Resolved | None | Sep 10, 2026 UTC | Sep 10, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work | Resolved | Minor | Sep 10, 2026 UTC | Sep 10, 2026 UTC |
| Unable to open shared ChatGPT Project using direct link | Resolved | Minor | Sep 10, 2026 UTC | Sep 10, 2026 UTC |
| Investigating unexpected usage limit resets | Resolved | None | Sep 9, 2026 UTC | Sep 9, 2026 UTC |
| Increased Error Rate For Pro and Plus Plan Conversations | Resolved | Minor | Sep 9, 2026 UTC | Sep 9, 2026 UTC |
| Elevated errors for image generation | Resolved | Minor | Sep 8, 2026 UTC | Sep 8, 2026 UTC |
| File uploads are delayed or failing | Resolved | Minor | Sep 8, 2026 UTC | Sep 8, 2026 UTC |
| Users in APAC region may face increased error in ChatGPT, Work, image generation, file upload, Voice, and Codex Cloud | Resolved | Minor | Sep 4, 2026 UTC | Sep 4, 2026 UTC |

## 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).

| Popular Model | Input $/1M |
| --- | --- |
| o1-pro | $150.00 |
| o1-pro-2025-03-19 | $150.00 |
| ft:gpt-4-0613 | $30.00 |
| gpt-4 | $30.00 |
| gpt-4-0314 | $30.00 |

- [View all OpenAI pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/openai.md)
- [Compare OpenAI models](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/model-library/provider/openai.md)

## Alternative Providers for Automatic Failover

When OpenAI experiences issues, Bifrost AI Gateway can automatically route your LLM traffic to these alternatives.

- [Anthropic](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/anthropic.md)
- [Azure AI](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/azure.md)
- [Groq](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/groq.md)
- [Cohere](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/cohere.md)

## FAQ

### 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.

## Related Resources

- [Status: Anthropic](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/anthropic.md)
- [Status: Azure AI](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/azure.md)
- [Status: Groq](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/groq.md)
- [Status: Cohere](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status/cohere.md)
- [All provider status](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/provider-status.md)
- [Docs: Bifrost docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai)
- [GitHub: maximhq/bifrost](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost)
- [Pricing: Bifrost pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/pricing)
- [Enterprise: Bifrost enterprise](https://www.getmaxim.ai/enterprise)
- [Book a Demo: Bifrost demo](https://www.getmaxim.ai/book-a-demo)
- [Resources: Bifrost resources](https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/resources.md)

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