OpenAI incident

Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT conversations

Minor Resolved

Started

July 25, 2026 at 10:09 PM UTC

Duration

1d 18h

Resolved

July 27, 2026 at 04:32 PM UTC

Updates timeline

  1. Investigating

    We are investigating intermittent errors that may prevent some users from loading or continuing conversations in ChatGPT. The current period of impact began around 1:00 PM PT.

  2. Identified

    We have identified the source of intermittent errors affecting some ChatGPT conversations and are working to mitigate the issue. Error rates have decreased, but some users may continue to experience failures.

  3. Monitoring

    Mitigation has been implemented, and we are monitoring the recovery of ChatGPT conversations.

  4. Resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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