OpenAI Outage History

OpenAI's ChatGPT Vision feature experienced elevated errors, resulting in degraded vision functionality for users. The incident began at 3:02 PM UTC and was resolved by 5:57 PM UTC, lasting approximately 2 hours and 55 minutes.

OpenAI posted an investigation update and later restored the ChatGPT Vision component to normal. The status page showed an initial investigation and a subsequent resolution, reflecting the end of the outage.

OpenAI experienced a brief degradation starting at 4:31 AM UTC that affected ChatGPT, the API, and Sora. Users reported errors and unresponsiveness during the incident. User reports surged in the early minutes of the outage. The incident lasted about 21 minutes, and four status updates were published by OpenAI detailing the progression: by 4:37 AM UTC ChatGPT and Sora were degraded while the API continued with issues; by 4:46 AM UTC API and Sora began recovering, with ChatGPT still recovering. ChatGPT returned to normal by 4:52 AM UTC and services stabilized afterward.

OpenAI experienced a brief outage affecting ChatGPT with intermittent unresponsiveness and degraded performance for API and Sora. Users across regions reported errors and slow responses when using ChatGPT, and API/Sora endpoints showed degraded performance during the incident. The outage began at 4:31 AM UTC and was resolved by 4:52 AM UTC, lasting about 21 minutes.

OpenAI experienced elevated errors in the Batch API during batch creation, causing degraded batch operations for users attempting to submit or manage batches. The issue affected the API component and led to intermittent failures and delays in batch processing. The incident lasted about 1 hour and 14 minutes, beginning at Feb 5, 2025 8:02 PM UTC and ending at Feb 5, 2025 9:16 PM UTC, with two official status updates from OpenAI during the period.

OpenAI experienced a brief period of degraded performance on the OpenAI API, primarily impacting requests using gpt-4o-mini fine-tuned models. A user reported slower responses around 10:45 PM UTC. The incident began when the API status moved to a degraded state at 11:11 PM UTC and lasted about 45 minutes, until 11:56 PM UTC. OpenAI issued two status updates during the incident as they investigated and worked toward restoration.

The API returned to normal after the final update, with users reporting improved performance as the service stabilized.

OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced slower-than-normal response times, impacting users during chat interactions. The incident began with a status update at Feb 4, 2025 3:52 PM UTC when ChatGPT was listed as degraded and engineers began investigating the issue.

Over the course of the incident, OpenAI issued two status updates and worked to restore normal performance. The issue affected the ChatGPT component and persisted for about 4 hours and 2 minutes, until Feb 4, 2025 7:54 PM UTC when the status returned to normal.

OpenAI ChatGPT experienced elevated errors, resulting in degraded performance for users. Some users encountered failed responses and slower interactions during the incident. User reports began around 9:30 PM UTC indicating visible impact before official acknowledgment.

OpenAI reported degraded performance in ChatGPT conversations with Operator beginning at 12:57 AM UTC and lasting until 1:37 AM UTC, a duration of about 40 minutes. The OpenAI status page showed the issue as Investigating with degraded performance for ChatGPT conversations with Operator. The incident included two official status updates during the window, and the service was restored to normal with the final update confirming resolution. The outage affected the ChatGPT component, interrupting conversations with Operator for the affected period.

OpenAI's ChatGPT service experienced a temporary degraded performance affecting Custom GPTs, with some users seeing 'Invalid Conversation Body' errors when interacting with their Custom GPTs. The outage began at 7:16 PM UTC and was resolved by 10:16 PM UTC, lasting about 3 hours. Regenerating can sometimes yield a successful response during this period.

The OpenAI status page documented the issue as affecting the ChatGPT component and noted two status updates during the incident, describing the investigation and eventual recovery. The issue appeared to be isolated to Custom GPT functionality, with normal service resuming after the incident.

OpenAI ChatGPT experienced elevated errors and degraded performance for about 21 minutes. The incident began at 2:41 AM UTC when the ChatGPT component was listed as degraded, with user reports first appearing around 2:15 AM UTC and 2:30 AM UTC. The issue affected users trying to use ChatGPT, causing intermittent errors and slower responses. The outage was resolved when OpenAI restored normal status at 3:02 AM UTC.