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Delays in customer support responses

Degraded Lasted 1h 55m · started · OpenAI's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Down Index
19of 100

What to do

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Updates from OpenAI 5

  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.

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  2. investigating

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

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  3. identified

    We have identified the cause of the issue affecting our customer support systems and are implementing a mitigation. Customers may continue to experience longer than usual response times.

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  4. monitoring

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

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  5. resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about DWN-6b9a049eae

Is OpenAI still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-09-10 21:48 UTC. For OpenAI's live state, see https://down.guide/openai.

How long did it last?

1h 55m, from 2026-09-10 19:53 UTC to 2026-09-10 21:48 UTC, by the times OpenAI posted.

What caused it?

OpenAI hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

OpenAI's official status page, https://status.openai.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.