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Is OpenAI down?

All systems operational

OpenAI's official status feed, polled every 5 minutes. Direct API latency probes are not enabled for OpenAI yet. Last checked 2026-09-18 03:40 UTC.

Current status
operational
checked 4 min ago
Incident days (90d)
13
days inside an official incident window
Incidents (30d)
22
22 in 90 days · 22 stored
Observed uptime (30d)
95.3079%
sampled availability
Last incident
6 h ago
We are seeing elevated error rates acros…
History

90-day status history

90 days agoToday
OperationalDegradedOutageNo data
Official feed

Incident history

status.openai.com ↗
minor
We are seeing elevated error rates across API models ↗
2026-09-17 21:29 UTC · lasted 21 min
resolved
major
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work mode ↗
2026-09-17 19:03 UTC · lasted 1 h 21 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors in ChatGPT Work ↗
2026-09-16 18:44 UTC · lasted 50 min
resolved
major
Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare ↗
2026-09-15 23:50 UTC · lasted 40 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors from GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.6 Instant on paid plans ↗
2026-09-15 07:12 UTC · lasted 42 min
resolved
none
Degraded Performance affecting Agents API ↗
2026-09-14 23:20 UTC · lasted 19 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors affecting Work Mode in ChatGPT ↗
2026-09-14 15:58 UTC · lasted 11 h 13 min
resolved
none
Elevated error rates for Codex and ChatGPT Work ↗
2026-09-14 02:46 UTC · lasted 1 h 11 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe ↗
2026-09-13 16:56 UTC · lasted 51 min
resolved
minor
Codex GitHub Review and Pull Request Failures ↗
2026-09-13 09:26 UTC · lasted 28 min
resolved
minor
1% of ChatGPT Work (mobile/web) turns are failing for existing threads ↗
2026-09-11 16:22 UTC · lasted 9 h 35 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors for GPT-5.6 Sol on the API ↗
2026-09-11 09:08 UTC · lasted 2 h 13 min
resolved
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minor
Elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe ↗
2026-09-11 07:53 UTC · lasted 2 h 23 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work ↗
2026-09-10 19:49 UTC · lasted 1 h 40 min
resolved
minor
Unable to open shared ChatGPT Project using direct link ↗
2026-09-10 02:21 UTC · lasted 12 h 6 min
resolved
minor
File uploads are delayed or failing ↗
2026-09-08 14:39 UTC · lasted 4 h 37 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors for image generation ↗
2026-09-08 14:32 UTC · lasted 7 h 27 min
resolved
minor
Users in APAC region may face increased error in ChatGPT, Work, image generation, file upload, Voice, and Codex Cloud ↗
2026-09-04 07:00 UTC · lasted 3 h 46 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex ↗
2026-09-03 14:58 UTC · lasted 1 h 57 min
resolved
major
ChatGPT Work Mode High Error Rates ↗
2026-09-03 00:04 UTC · lasted 6 min
resolved
minor
Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free and Go plans ↗
2026-09-01 00:38 UTC · lasted 22 min
resolved
minor
Elevated latency in the Responses API ↗
2026-08-31 22:27 UTC · lasted 20 h 38 min
resolved
Titles and impact levels are OpenAI's own classifications, mirrored from the official feed. Consumer-product incidents appear alongside API incidents when the provider reports them on the same feed.
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Is OpenAI down right now?

OpenAI is currently reported as: All systems operational. OpenAI's official status feed, polled every 5 minutes. Direct API latency probes are not enabled for OpenAI yet. Last checked 2026-09-18 03:40 UTC.

How does llmmetric know whether OpenAI is down?

llmmetric polls OpenAI's official status feed every five minutes and records the reported state in daily buckets. The 30-day uptime figure is sampled availability, while official incident windows separately mark affected days in the 90-day history.

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