OpenAI incident

Delayed support responses

Informational Resolved

Started

September 18, 2026 at 09:36 PM UTC

Duration

3h 33m

Resolved

September 19, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC

Updates timeline

  1. Identified

    Some users are experiencing delayed responses from OpenAI Support by email and chat. We’re investigating and will share updates as we learn more.

  2. Monitoring

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Some support responses by email and chat may still be delayed while we work through affected cases.

  3. Resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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