OpenAI Outage History

OpenAI's ChatGPT ecosystem experienced a brief incident with elevated error rates across multiple components. The outage began at 6:51 PM UTC and was resolved by 7:11 PM UTC, spanning about 20 minutes. Users attempting to use various ChatGPT features could have seen errors or degraded performance across around 20 components, including GPTs, Image Generation, Dall-E, Memory, Conversations, Login, and more. OpenAI issued 2 status updates during the incident and stated that mitigation efforts were underway.

The incident concluded with services restored to normal by 7:11 PM UTC.

OpenAI API outage disrupted API access for developers and apps. The incident began at May 5, 2025 7:35 PM UTC and was resolved by 8:06 PM UTC. User reports, concentrated in the United States including Farmington, Michigan and Brooklyn, New York, described API errors and unresponsive endpoints during the window.

OpenAI did not publish status updates on its status page during the incident. StatusGator detected the issue at May 5, 2025 7:35 PM UTC, ahead of any official acknowledgment.

OpenAI reported degraded performance for ChatGPT's Advanced Data Analysis feature beginning at May 5, 2025 5:56 PM UTC. Users may have experienced slower data analysis responses or intermittent issues when using the Data Analysis capabilities. The incident lasted about 50 minutes and was resolved by May 5, 2025 6:46 PM UTC.

OpenAI posted two status updates during the incident, first noting the degraded performance and ongoing investigation, then confirming resolution as the affected component returned to normal. The impact was limited to the ChatGPT / Advanced Data Analysis component and did not indicate a broader outage for other OpenAI services.

OpenAI experienced a brief disruption affecting the ChatGPT front-end, with the service not loading and History not functioning. Users across multiple regions reported being unable to load chats and access conversation history, impacting day-to-day use. The outage began at 7:38 AM UTC and was resolved by 7:59 AM UTC, lasting roughly 21 minutes. StatusGator detected the issue at May 2, 2025 7:38 AM UTC and there were no official status updates published by OpenAI during the incident. A handful of user reports accompanied the event, indicating a brief, widespread disruption to ChatGPT's user-facing features.

OpenAI reported a brief degradation affecting the Responses API and the Files API endpoints, resulting in slower or partially failing requests for those services. Developers relying on the Responses and Files endpoints may have experienced intermittent latency or incomplete responses during the incident, with impact limited to those components.

OpenAI experienced degraded performance beginning at Apr 30, 2025 6:16 PM UTC due to increased timeouts on the gpt-4.1-nano model. The degradation affected the APIs / Chat service and the Sora / Image Generation and Sora / Video generation components, causing slower responses and occasional timeouts for users interacting with chat or media generation. The incident lasted about 1 hour 41 minutes and was resolved by Apr 30, 2025 7:57 PM UTC.

OpenAI’s status page documented the issue with continuous updates. The provider issued four status updates during the incident as the team investigated and worked toward restoration, with the affected components gradually returning to normal by the end of the window.

OpenAI experienced an incident affecting ChatGPT Login, ChatGPT Web, and the APIs / Responses, causing degraded access and API performance for some users. Users reported difficulty signing in, incomplete page loads, and slower or failed API responses. The disruption impacted three components: ChatGPT / Login, ChatGPT / Web, and APIs / Responses.

OpenAI Responses API and Files API experienced a brief degradation. Users may have encountered slower responses or intermittent errors when calling these endpoints. The OpenAI status page listed degraded performance for the two endpoints and said the team was investigating, with two status updates issued. The outage began on Apr 30, 2025 1:41 AM UTC and was resolved by Apr 30, 2025 2:04 AM UTC, lasting about 23 minutes. The impact was limited to these two components, with services returned to normal afterwards.

The platform.openai.com outage began at Apr 24, 2025 7:22 PM UTC and was resolved by Apr 24, 2025 7:57 PM UTC, affecting the Playgound and related tooling. In the days that followed, OpenAI users experienced elevated error rates and degraded performance across ChatGPT features, APIs, and related services, including image generation, moderation, DALL·E, and video capabilities. The impact was global, with users reporting login failures, slow responses, and content-generation issues across multiple regions. The incident unfolded over several days with regular status updates and mitigations being applied by OpenAI.

OpenAI experienced a brief disruption affecting retrieval of stored completions and access to GET /v1/chat/completions, which prevented viewing stored completions in the OpenAI dashboard. The issue was isolated to the Chat API component and caused elevated errors during the incident. The outage began at Apr 8, 2025 7:11 AM UTC and was resolved by Apr 8, 2025 11:16 AM UTC.