openai/gpt-oss-120b Performance Issue

What to do

• Check whether your product depends on Groq. Check your stack

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• Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 59m it lasted.

  Anything that failed between 2026-03-19 12:51 UTC and 2026-03-19 13:50 UTC may need a replay.

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Updates from Groq 3

1. identifiedMar 19, 2026, 12:51 PM UTC

   We have identified the problem affecting the openai/gpt-oss-120b model. The issue has been traced to malicious traffic patterns. A fix is in progress, we are working to block the source of these requests. Users may still see degraded performance from requests made to openai/gpt-oss-120b as we identify and block the orgs from which this traffic is originating.

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2. monitoringMar 19, 2026, 1:23 PM UTC

   We have implemented a fix for openai/gpt-oss-120b and performance is improving. We’re now monitoring the model to ensure stability persists. If all remains normal, we will resolve the incident in the next update.

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3. resolvedMar 19, 2026, 1:50 PM UTC

   The issues affecting openai/gpt-oss-120b have been **resolved**. The model is operating normally. Actions were taken to cancel billing plans and restrict verification status of organizations engaged in coordinated abuse. We apologize for the disruption and thank you for your patience.

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Corrections

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