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OperationalNo known problems: OpenAI's status page says operational

99.98% uptime, 90 daysLast incident Checked Official status pageHistory

Reports count in aggregate against normal levels; one alone never makes a claim.

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Open incidents

What OpenAI has posted and not resolved.

OpenAI has no open incidents.

90 days

Daily history

Worst impact each day, from the provider's own incidents.

  1. 2026-08-14: no incidents
  2. 2026-08-15: no incidents
  3. 2026-08-16: no incidents
  4. 2026-08-17: no incidents
  5. 2026-08-18: 1 incident, worst degraded
  6. 2026-08-19: no incidents
  7. 2026-08-20: 3 incidents, worst degraded
  8. 2026-08-21: 1 incident, worst degraded
  9. 2026-08-22: no incidents
  10. 2026-08-23: no incidents
  11. 2026-08-24: no incidents
  12. 2026-08-25: no incidents
  13. 2026-08-26: no incidents
  14. 2026-08-27: 1 incident, worst degraded
  15. 2026-08-28: no incidents
  16. 2026-08-29: no incidents
  17. 2026-08-30: no incidents
  18. 2026-08-31: 2 incidents, worst partial outage
  19. 2026-09-01: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  20. 2026-09-02: 1 incident, worst degraded
  21. 2026-09-03: 2 incidents, worst partial outage
  22. 2026-09-04: no incidents
  23. 2026-09-05: no incidents
  24. 2026-09-06: no incidents
  25. 2026-09-07: no incidents
  26. 2026-09-08: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  27. 2026-09-09: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  28. 2026-09-10: 3 incidents, worst degraded
  29. 2026-09-11: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  30. 2026-09-12: 1 incident, worst degraded
  31. 2026-09-13: 1 incident, worst degraded
  32. 2026-09-14: 3 incidents, worst degraded
  33. 2026-09-15: 3 incidents, worst partial outage
  34. 2026-09-16: 2 incidents, worst partial outage
  35. 2026-09-17: 2 incidents, worst partial outage
  36. 2026-09-18: 3 incidents, worst degraded
  37. 2026-09-19: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  38. 2026-09-20: no incidents
  39. 2026-09-21: no incidents
  40. 2026-09-22: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  41. 2026-09-23: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  42. 2026-09-24: 1 incident, worst degraded
  43. 2026-09-25: 1 incident, worst major outage
  44. 2026-09-26: no incidents
  45. 2026-09-27: no incidents
  46. 2026-09-28: no incidents
  47. 2026-09-29: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  48. 2026-09-30: 3 incidents, worst degraded
  49. 2026-10-01: 2 incidents, worst partial outage
  50. 2026-10-02: 1 incident, worst degraded
  51. 2026-10-03: no incidents
  52. 2026-10-04: no incidents
  53. 2026-10-05: 5 incidents, worst degraded
  54. 2026-10-06: 8 incidents, worst degraded
  55. 2026-10-07: 5 incidents, worst partial outage
  56. 2026-10-08: no incidents
  57. 2026-10-09: 3 incidents, worst partial outage
  58. 2026-10-10: 2 incidents, worst partial outage
  59. 2026-10-11: 1 incident, worst degraded
  60. 2026-10-12: 1 incident, worst degraded
  61. 2026-10-13: 1 incident, worst degraded
  62. 2026-10-14: 3 incidents, worst degraded
  63. 2026-10-15: 2 incidents, worst partial outage
  64. 2026-10-16: 1 incident, worst degraded
  65. 2026-10-17: no incidents
  66. 2026-10-18: no incidents
  67. 2026-10-19: 1 incident, worst degraded
  68. 2026-10-20: no incidents
  69. 2026-10-21: 3 incidents, worst degraded
  70. 2026-10-22: 3 incidents, worst degraded
  71. 2026-10-23: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  72. 2026-10-24: no incidents
  73. 2026-10-25: no incidents
  74. 2026-10-26: 1 incident, worst degraded
  75. 2026-10-27: 1 incident, worst degraded
  76. 2026-10-28: no incidents
  77. 2026-10-29: no incidents
  78. 2026-10-30: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  79. 2026-10-31: no incidents
  80. 2026-11-01: no incidents
  81. 2026-11-02: no incidents
  82. 2026-11-03: 1 incident, worst degraded
  83. 2026-11-04: 1 incident, worst degraded
  84. 2026-11-05: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  85. 2026-11-06: 1 incident, worst degraded
  86. 2026-11-07: no incidents
  87. 2026-11-08: 1 incident, worst degraded
  88. 2026-11-09: 2 incidents, worst degraded
  89. 2026-11-10: no incidents
  90. 2026-11-11: no incidents
90 days agoToday

Daily history for the 12 components with the most incident days. Every component's current state is in the Markdown copy.

Reliability

Last 90 days in numbers

From the provider's own posts, including history read from its archive.

Uptime
99.98%since Aug 10
Incidents
100on 52 days
Median duration
1h 44m
Longest
3d 21h
Postmortem rate
0%partial and major outages
Reports

People reporting problems

Hourly counts, last 24 hours.

No reports in the last 24 hours.

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  1. OpenAIOperational
    Incorrect cost data in Costs API exports

    The provider says Costs API exports published between November 6 and 9 contain incorrect cost data. It has identified the issue and is correcting the affected records, with the incident currently in a monitoring state and an update to follow once recovery is confirmed.

    lasted 2h 20m
  2. OpenAIDegraded
    Elevated Errors On API
    lasted 43m
  3. OpenAIDegraded
    Elevated ChatGPT Conversation Errors
    lasted 52m
  4. OpenAIDegraded
    Elevated errors with image generation

    OpenAI says it saw elevated errors with image generation, identified the issue, and applied a mitigation. The provider now reports the incident as resolved, with all affected services operating normally as of 17:00 UTC on 2026-11-08.

    lasted 1h 49m
  5. OpenAIOperational
    Elevated error rates with some U.S. business Mastercards

    OpenAI says some U.S. business Mastercards are seeing payment declines, which can prevent API automatic recharges and one-time credit purchases. The provider has applied a mitigation and is monitoring the affected services to confirm recovery.

    lasted 3d 21h
  6. OpenAIDegraded
    ChatGPT Work and Dots Errors

    OpenAI says users experienced elevated errors in ChatGPT Work and Dots services, starting around 15:25 UTC on November 5, 2026. It applied a mitigation at 17:05 UTC and resolved the incident at 04:31 UTC on November 6, 2026, stating all affected services are operating normally.

    lasted 13h 7m
  7. OpenAIDegraded
    Elevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plans
    lasted 1h 54m
  8. OpenAIDegraded
    File upload errors in ChatGPT
    lasted 4h 53m
  9. OpenAIDegraded
    Elevated errors with search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and certain ChatGPT thinking experiences
    lasted 1h 35m
  10. OpenAIDegraded
    Elevated errors for GPT Image 2 API image edits
    lasted 4h 1m
  11. OpenAIDegraded
    6.1 Sol Degraded Model Performance
    lasted 1h 18m
  12. OpenAIOperational
    Elevated error rates for most hosted Code Reviews and Security Reviews on private GitHub repositories
    lasted 29m
  13. OpenAIDegraded
    Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests
    lasted 11m
  14. OpenAIDegraded
    Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD
    lasted 50m
  15. OpenAIOperational
    Help Center Chat Support Degraded
    lasted 33m
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How OpenAI stacks up

Side-by-side reliability with Anthropic, Hugging Face or LangSmith.

OpenAI status: questions

Is OpenAI down right now?

No known problems: OpenAI's status page says operational (checked 2026-11-11 01:29 UTC from OpenAI's official status page).

What is OpenAI's uptime?

99.98% over the last 90 days, from the incidents OpenAI posted on its own status page. A major outage counts in full and a partial outage as 30% of its time, per component.

When was OpenAI's last outage?

Incorrect cost data in Costs API exports, starting 2026-11-10 04:42 UTC and lasting 2h 20m: https://down.guide/DWN-57737367cb

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Where does down.guide get OpenAI's status?

From OpenAI's official status page, https://status.openai.com, read every minute. OpenAI's words are quoted verbatim and linked.