OpenAI incident
Elevated errors with image generation
Started
August 5, 2026 at 02:55 PM UTC
Duration
8h 26m
Resolved
August 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM UTC
Updates timeline
- Identified
We are investigating elevated errors affecting image generation. Some users may experience failed image generation requests. We are working to reduce the errors and will provide another update as we learn more.
- Monitoring
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- Resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
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