OpenAI incident

Delays in customer support responses

Informational Resolved

Started

October 23, 2026 at 03:41 AM UTC

Duration

2h 17m

Resolved

October 23, 2026 at 05:58 AM UTC

Updates timeline

  1. Investigating

    We are investigating technical issues affecting our customer support systems. Customers may experience longer than usual response times. We are working to restore normal operations.

  2. Investigating

    As a temporary solution, customers looking to reach out to OpenAI Support can email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected] "[email protected]").

  3. Identified

    A fix is being implemented for the issue affecting our support systems. Customers may continue to experience delays in receiving support responses. We will provide further updates as recovery progresses.

  4. Monitoring

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

  5. Resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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