OpenAI Outage History

On 8:00 AM UTC, some users began reporting issues loading conversations in ChatGPT Conversations. OpenAI acknowledged the problem at 9:01 AM UTC with a note that mitigation had been applied and recovery was being monitored. The incident was short, with the status returning to full operation by 9:06 AM UTC. The brief degradation affected the ChatGPT Conversations component and the outage lasted about five minutes. The provider issued 2 status updates during the incident to communicate mitigation and recovery.

The disruption was quickly addressed via mitigation steps, and OpenAI confirmed restoration after the brief interruption. There is no indication of a regional pattern, and the service is now fully operational.

The outage began at 12:17 AM UTC and was resolved by 12:26 AM UTC, lasting about 9 minutes. OpenAI reported elevated errors across 13 ChatGPT components, including ChatGPT / Codex, ChatGPT / Voice mode, ChatGPT / GPTs, ChatGPT / Agent, ChatGPT / ChatGPT Atlas, ChatGPT / Connectors/Apps, ChatGPT / Search, ChatGPT / Conversations, ChatGPT / Image Generation, ChatGPT / Login, ChatGPT / Compliance API, ChatGPT / File uploads, and ChatGPT / Deep Research, leading to login difficulties and degraded functionality for many users. The incident coincided with a notable surge in user reports across the affected features used for chat, code generation, and content creation.

OpenAI experienced a brief outage affecting ChatGPT services for a portion of users. The incident began at Feb 4, 2026 5:41 PM UTC and was resolved by 6:01 PM UTC, lasting about 20 minutes. The disruption affected 13 ChatGPT components, including Codex, Voice mode, GPTs, Agent, Atlas, Connectors/Apps, Search, Login, Compliance API, File uploads, Conversations, Image Generation, and Deep Research. Users reported issues such as chats not loading, prompts failing, and errors like too many concurrent requests.

OpenAI acknowledged elevated errors on the status page and worked on a mitigation. The provider issued two status updates during the incident as it restored services. The outage appeared to impact a broad portion of the user base, with reports of degraded performance and failures across multiple features until services returned to normal.

OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced a widespread service disruption with elevated errors across ChatGPT services. Users reported issues loading chats, prompts failing, and slow or missing responses. The incident began with the first user reports at 5:15 PM UTC and affected 13 components including ChatGPT / Codex, ChatGPT / Voice mode, ChatGPT / GPTs, ChatGPT / Agent, ChatGPT / Atlas, ChatGPT / Connectors/Apps, ChatGPT / Search, ChatGPT / Login, ChatGPT / Compliance API, ChatGPT / File uploads, ChatGPT / Conversations, ChatGPT / Image Generation, and ChatGPT / Deep Research. The outage lasted about 46 minutes and was resolved by 6:01 PM UTC.

OpenAI acknowledged the issue on their status page at Feb 4, 2026 5:41 PM UTC with the note "ChatGPT Availability Impacted" and that a mitigation was being implemented. StatusGator logged an Early Warning Signal at Feb 4, 2026 5:15 PM UTC, indicating users were not loading or responding, and the signal ended at 5:59 PM UTC. The incident prompted two official status updates from OpenAI during the event. Observers noted a global pattern in user reports, indicating a widespread impact across many regions rather than a localized outage.

The OpenAI ChatGPT / GPTs component experienced brief degradation as updates to Custom GPT configurations failed for users, preventing some from creating or updating their custom GPTs. Users encountered errors during configuration, with some reports noting heavy load and memory issues in the period. The incident began at Feb 4, 2026 12:46 PM UTC and was resolved by Feb 4, 2026 2:52 PM UTC (approximately 2 hours and 6 minutes). The OpenAI status page issued 2 updates during the incident, outlining the update failures and later confirming recovery. Reports from US users (e.g., Ashburn, VA and Santa Clara, CA) described degraded performance around the same timeframe.

OpenAI ChatGPT / Conversations experienced a temporary degradation that affected users’ ability to load or start conversations. The incident began at Feb 4, 2026 1:26 AM UTC and was resolved by Feb 4, 2026 3:46 AM UTC, lasting about 2 hours and 20 minutes. User reports were limited, including observations from Los Angeles around 2:30 AM UTC. The issue appeared contained to the ChatGPT / Conversations component, with no indication of broader OpenAI service impact.

OpenAI reported a global incident impacting ChatGPT and related services, with elevated error rates beginning at Feb 3, 2026 8:36 PM UTC. Users worldwide experienced login failures, stalled conversations, and errors across multiple ChatGPT components including Conversations, Login, Image Generation, File uploads, and more. The incident affected 13 components, indicating broad degradation rather than a single outage. The outage lasted roughly 3 hours, with most services recovering by around Feb 3, 2026 11:36 PM UTC. OpenAI issued five status updates during the event to acknowledge the issue and describe mitigation steps and progress.

OpenAI's ChatGPT platform experienced widespread degraded performance with elevated error rates across 13 components, including ChatGPT Atlas, Conversations, Login, Deep Research, Agent, Codex, Compliance API, Search, File uploads, Voice mode, GPTs, Image Generation, and Connectors/Apps. Users reported issues ranging from failing to generate responses and login problems to missing chats. StatusGator detected the issue at Feb 3, 2026 7:54 PM UTC, about 42 minutes before OpenAI's first official acknowledgment at Feb 3, 2026 8:36 PM UTC and mitigation began promptly in their updates.

OpenAI reported a brief signup issue affecting Android users attempting to sign up for ChatGPT with Google Authentication. The sign-up flow within the ChatGPT Login component was impacted. The incident began at Jan 30, 2026 8:41 PM UTC and was resolved by Jan 30, 2026 9:16 PM UTC, lasting 35 minutes. OpenAI stated that some Android users may be experiencing sign-up errors and that mitigation efforts were underway, after which the service returned to normal.

OpenAI reported a brief disruption affecting ChatGPT subscription renewals for a subset of users, with the ChatGPT / Login component listed as impacted. The outage began at 6:01 PM UTC and was resolved by 8:37 PM UTC, lasting approximately 2 hours and 36 minutes. The OpenAI status page posted two updates during the incident, describing mitigation steps and the restoration of normal service.