OpenAI incident

Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations with files

Minor Resolved

Started

August 5, 2026 at 05:06 PM UTC

Duration

3h 13m

Resolved

August 5, 2026 at 08:19 PM UTC

Updates timeline

  1. Monitoring

    Error rates affecting ChatGPT conversations that use files and images have improved. We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

  2. Resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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