OpenAI Outage History

The OpenAI DALL-E API experienced degraded performance due to a high error rate that affected image generation. Users attempting to generate images may have encountered failures or delays while the issue was ongoing. The incident impacted the DALL-E API component and was acknowledged on OpenAI's status page as a degraded service.

The outage began at 10:56 PM UTC and was resolved by 11:37 PM UTC, lasting about 41 minutes. OpenAI issued two status updates during the incident, confirming ongoing investigation and subsequent resolution.

OpenAI reported a scattered network issue beginning Jan 15, 2025 4:08 PM UTC that could impact ChatGPT users. The issue was described as scattered across different areas and led to a downgraded experience for some users, with reports of login loops and unresponsive ChatGPT interactions indicating broader access and interaction problems.

OpenAI issued two status updates as the incident unfolded. The status moved from warn to up at Jan 15, 2025 6:21 PM UTC, signaling restoration. The outage lasted approximately 2 hours and 13 minutes. Reports came from multiple regions, including Costa Rica and Tennessee, suggesting broad but not universal impact.

OpenAI reported a brief outage affecting ChatGPT's web browsing capability, limiting access to up-to-date information. The incident began at Jan 14, 2025 11:01 AM UTC and was resolved by Jan 14, 2025 11:21 AM UTC, lasting roughly 20 minutes. OpenAI posted two status updates during the event, first indicating investigators were looking into the issue and later confirming the service was restored. The degradation was limited to the web browsing feature; core chat functionality remained available for most users.

OpenAI experienced a brief degradation of the Vision API for the gpt-4o-2024-05-13 model, resulting in higher error rates and degraded image-processing performance for users. The incident began at Jan 8, 2025 7:46 PM UTC and was resolved by Jan 8, 2025 8:01 PM UTC, lasting 15 minutes. OpenAI posted two status updates during the incident, noting degraded performance and then the resolution. The issue affected the API component and was limited to Vision capabilities, with no broader impact reported.