OpenAI Outage History

OpenAI's File API endpoints experienced elevated errors, causing a brief degradation in file-related operations within the APIs / Files component. The incident affected users attempting file uploads, downloads, or other File API workflows, lasting about 45 minutes. The outage began at Sep 4, 2025 9:36 PM UTC and was resolved by Sep 4, 2025 10:21 PM UTC. OpenAI issued two status updates during the incident, acknowledging the elevated errors and outlining mitigation steps, before the service returned to normal. The impact appeared limited to the File API area with a small number of user reports.

The outage began at 8:11 AM UTC when OpenAI flagged a ChatGPT-wide issue with responses not displaying. Affected components spanned dozens of ChatGPT services, including File uploads, Search, DALL·E, Memory, Conversations, Login, Web, and more, impacting how users interact with ChatGPT across web, mobile, and desktop interfaces. Users reported prompts not returning results, blank messages, or responses not appearing in chats, indicating a broad disruption to typical chat experiences. The outage lasted approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, with multiple status updates issued during the incident.

The OpenAI API experienced a brief outage affecting API requests for a short window. A user in Guildford, United Kingdom reported issues around 7:30 PM UTC, and the service appeared to recover by 7:36 PM UTC. StatusGator logged an Early Warning Signal at Sep 2, 2025 7:36 PM UTC, indicating the outage was detected before any provider acknowledgment. The outage lasted roughly 6 minutes, with no public OpenAI status updates during the incident. The API endpoints were affected, but the impact was localized.

OpenAI reported a brief degradation affecting ChatGPT Conversations, with elevated errors impacting user interactions starting at 3:27 PM UTC. The issue caused a degraded experience for users engaging with ChatGPT Conversations. OpenAI issued 2 status updates during the incident, first noting elevated errors and later confirming the service had returned to normal. The outage lasted about 19 minutes and was resolved by 3:46 PM UTC, with ChatGPT Conversations returning to full functionality. There were no broader impacts reported beyond this component.

OpenAI's ChatGPT Conversations component experienced elevated errors and degraded chat performance for about 35 minutes. The incident began on 12:26 AM UTC and was resolved by 1:01 AM UTC.

OpenAI acknowledged the issue via the status page and issued two updates while mitigation was implemented. The incident appeared to be limited to the ChatGPT Conversations component.

The outage began at Aug 28, 2025 2:16 PM UTC and was resolved by Aug 28, 2025 3:26 PM UTC. OpenAI reported degraded login and signup functionality, with two components affected: ChatGPT / Login and APIs / Login. Users across regions experienced login timeouts and invalid session errors when signing in or authorizing sessions.

OpenAI reported elevated errors affecting the ChatGPT Search feature for a subset of free-tier users. Users experienced difficulties obtaining search results within ChatGPT, with the ChatGPT / Search component listed as degraded. The outage began at Aug 27, 2025 8:02 PM UTC and was resolved by Aug 28, 2025 12:51 AM UTC, lasting roughly 4 hours and 49 minutes. A small number of user reports, including one from Barnet, England, corroborated the issue. The provider issued two status updates during the incident to communicate mitigation efforts and recovery.

OpenAI reported elevated errors and latency across its API services, affecting the APIs / Responses, Completions (legacy), and Chat endpoints. Users attempting requests may have seen slower responses or intermittent failures.

The incident began at Aug 26, 2025 10:41 PM UTC and lasted until Aug 27, 2025 1:56 AM UTC, a duration of about 3 hours and 15 minutes. OpenAI issued 3 status updates during the event, starting with an initial alert, a mitigation update at Aug 26, 2025 11:06 PM UTC, and a final restoration note at Aug 27, 2025 1:56 AM UTC. All affected components — APIs / Responses, APIs / Completions (legacy), and APIs / Chat — returned to normal by the end.

OpenAI's ChatGPT Voice mode experienced degraded performance with voice conversations dropping previous messages and elevated errors reported by users. The outage began on Aug 23, 2025 11:16 PM UTC when the OpenAI status page moved from up to warn and lasted about 3 hours until the service was restored on Aug 24, 2025 2:16 AM UTC. OpenAI issued 2 status updates during the incident, outlining mitigation steps and the eventual restoration of voice functionality. The issue affected the ChatGPT / Voice mode component and was observed by a small number of reports describing slow responses and interrupted conversations.

OpenAI API services experienced a brief degradation in which Embeddings, Audio, and Completions (legacy) APIs reported elevated errors and latency. The incident began at Aug 22, 2025 6:36 PM UTC and was resolved by Aug 22, 2025 6:46 PM UTC, with two status updates issued during the event. The issue resolved quickly and other OpenAI APIs remained available.