# We are seeing elevated error rates across API models

- Provider: [OpenAI](https://down.guide/providers/openai)
- Confidence: Confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 1h
- started 2026-09-17 20:20 UTC
- Images, Batch, Chat Completions +8
- id: DWN-e998ee5908
- Official page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M2RMCS2HVBXGBFKEZ9RZR4FA

## Updates from OpenAI
### 2026-09-17 20:20 UTC: identified
We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.

### 2026-09-17 21:20 UTC: monitoring
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

### 2026-09-17 21:50 UTC: resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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