OpenAI Outage History

OpenAI's ChatGPT Apps experienced elevated errors starting at 1:15 PM UTC, affecting a subset of apps and integrations and causing degraded responses for some users. The issue was acknowledged by OpenAI at Feb 26, 2026 2:07 PM UTC and mitigation was implemented by Feb 26, 2026 3:31 PM UTC. Service recovery followed, with OpenAI reporting restoration by Feb 26, 2026 4:02 PM UTC, and the incident lasting roughly 2 hours 47 minutes from first reports to full restoration.

During the incident, OpenAI issued 3 status updates detailing the issue, mitigation steps, and ongoing monitoring. The impact was concentrated on the ChatGPT / Connectors/Apps component, with affected users experiencing intermittent failures within the affected apps and connectors while other OpenAI services remained unaffected.

OpenAI reported a temporary outage affecting artifact generation (creating spreadsheets or slides) on ChatGPT for all users. The incident impacted 13 ChatGPT components, including Conversations, Login, Compliance API, Search, File uploads, Voice mode, GPTs, Image Generation, Deep Research, Agent, Codex, ChatGPT Atlas, and Connectors/Apps, causing users to be unable to generate artifacts during the window. The outage lasted about 1 hour, beginning at Feb 25, 2026 8:32 PM UTC and resolving by Feb 25, 2026 9:32 PM UTC. The issue appeared to affect ChatGPT services globally rather than being region-specific. The provider issued two status updates during the incident, detailing the investigation and restoration of affected services.

OpenAI reported an elevated error rate impacting ChatGPT Conversations for Business and Enterprise customers, affecting the ability to start and maintain conversations. The issue began at 3:36 PM UTC and lasted about 35 minutes, with users experiencing errors and slower responses before recovery. The incident was acknowledged on the OpenAI status page and resolved within a short window.

OpenAI experienced degraded performance in ChatGPT responses for a subset of users, resulting in elevated latency for ChatGPT / Conversations. The issue affected user experience with slower reply times, lasting from 10:01 PM UTC to 10:32 PM UTC (about 31 minutes). OpenAI issued three status updates during the incident, including an initial alert of increased latency, a follow-up investigation for affected services, and a confirmation that latency issues had been resolved. The impact appeared limited to ChatGPT / Conversations and did not reflect a full service outage.

OpenAI’s Sora 2 video generation service experienced degraded performance, with users reporting errors and delays when trying to generate videos. The incident began around 2:45 PM UTC and the OpenAI status page flagged degraded performance at 3:36 PM UTC, as engineers began work on a mitigation. A further update followed at 4:16 PM UTC as the issue persisted, and the service returned to normal by 4:31 PM UTC. The outage lasted roughly 1 hour and 46 minutes.

OpenAI experienced a brief outage affecting the Shopping Research feature within ChatGPT / Search. The outage began at 8:51 PM UTC and was resolved by 9:17 PM UTC. The incident disrupted the ability to use the Shopping Research capability, impacting user workflows that rely on product search and discovery. OpenAI documented the issue with three status updates and applied mitigation measures during the recovery process. The problem appeared isolated to the Shopping Research component (ChatGPT / Search) and did not indicate wider service disruption across OpenAI products. User reports were minimal, indicating limited widespread impact.

OpenAI's Codex Cloud experienced a brief degradation affecting the ChatGPT / Codex component. Users reported elevated errors across Codex Cloud, and OpenAI transitioned the service to a degraded performance state at Feb 16, 2026 5:31 PM UTC, followed by mitigation and ongoing monitoring. The issue was resolved about 20 minutes later, with the component returning to normal by Feb 16, 2026 5:51 PM UTC. OpenAI issued 3 status updates during the incident as they worked to restore operation. The disruption primarily impacted developers relying on Codex Cloud features through ChatGPT / Codex and was limited in scope.

OpenAI's image-related services started showing high error rates, causing degraded image generation and Images API failures. The incident affected two components: ChatGPT / Image Generation and APIs / Images. The outage began on Feb 14, 2026 1:36 AM UTC and was resolved by Feb 14, 2026 4:26 AM UTC, lasting about 2 hours and 50 minutes. The provider issued two status updates during the incident. Users reported server not responding and heavy-load messages while trying to generate images.

From Feb 13, 2026 8:17 AM UTC to Feb 13, 2026 9:01 AM UTC, OpenAI experienced elevated errors affecting ChatGPT / Image Generation and APIs / Images, resulting in degraded image generation for a subset of users. The outage lasted about 44 minutes. OpenAI issued two status updates during the incident as mitigation was implemented, and services returned to normal afterward. A small number of user reports described image generation failures during the event.

OpenAI experienced a brief degradation in the ChatGPT Conversations component, impacting a subset of users during chat sessions. The outage began on 9:41 PM UTC and was resolved by 9:57 PM UTC, lasting about 16 minutes. User reports spiked during the event, indicating real-time chat issues. OpenAI's status page noted a ChatGPT Conversation Issues incident and showed two official updates as the team investigated. The component status shifted from up to warn at Feb 12, 2026 9:41 PM UTC and then back to up at Feb 12, 2026 9:57 PM UTC. The outage appeared limited to ChatGPT Conversations and did not indicate a broader OpenAI outage.