OpenAI incident
Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free users
Minor
Resolved
Started
August 13, 2026 at 03:19 PM UTC
Duration
8h 38m
Resolved
August 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC
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- Investigating
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- Identified
We are still implementing the mitigation.
- Monitoring
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- Monitoring
We’ve applied a mitigation and are monitoring recovery following an issue with a downstream provider.
- Resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
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