OpenAI Outage History

OpenAI experienced an intermittent issue affecting image generation results across ChatGPT / Image Generation, Sora / Image Generation, and the APIs / Images. Users attempting to generate images may have seen degraded outputs or intermittent failures. The incident began at 1:31 AM UTC and lasted about 45 minutes, impacting three components: ChatGPT / Image Generation, Sora / Image Generation, and APIs / Images. The OpenAI status page posted 2 updates during the incident: the first noted mitigation had been applied and monitoring, and the second indicated the issue had been resolved with services returned to normal operation.

OpenAI reported an elevated Codex error rate affecting ChatGPT and Codex services. Users worldwide experienced slower responses and timeouts during the incident. The issue began at Jan 27, 2026 9:06 AM UTC and lasted about two hours, with the status returning to normal at Jan 27, 2026 11:06 AM UTC. The provider issued two status updates during the event, noting an elevated error rate and later confirming resolution. Reports from users across multiple regions, including Manchester, Lisbon, Utrecht, and Hong Kong, indicated responsive issues during the outage.

OpenAI's status page showed ChatGPT availability degraded for free users starting at 4:21 PM UTC, with elevated errors across multiple ChatGPT services including Conversations, Compliance API, Search, File uploads, Voice mode, GPTs, Agent, Codex, ChatGPT Atlas, Connectors, Image Generation, Deep Research, and Login. Users reported messaging issues, with reports from places such as Fortaleza, Brazil indicating errors when attempting to send messages. The degradation lasted about 1 hour and 10 minutes and was resolved by 5:31 PM UTC. The provider issued 2 status updates during the incident.

The outage began on Jan 22, 2026 2:26 PM UTC when the ChatGPT / Codex component entered a degraded state, affecting access to the OpenAI platform, including the dashboard at platform.openai.com/chat. The disruption lasted about 31 minutes and was resolved by Jan 22, 2026 2:57 PM UTC. OpenAI issued two status updates during the incident to communicate the issue and recovery.

There were a small number of user reports indicating connectivity issues during the window; for example, a report from Hyderabad noted being unable to access the chat dashboard. The incident appeared confined to a brief period with a swift recovery and limited broader impact.

OpenAI's ChatGPT / Conversations experienced a brief degraded performance with elevated error rates affecting users trying to converse with ChatGPT. The incident began at Jan 14, 2026 12:06 AM UTC and was resolved by Jan 14, 2026 12:26 AM UTC, lasting roughly 20 minutes. OpenAI issued two status updates during the event, noting initial investigation and later restoration of normal service. The impact was limited to ChatGPT / Conversations interactions during the window.

An incident affected the ability to select Connectors/Apps in the ChatGPT Input Menu, impacting users attempting to add or configure integrations. The issue began at Jan 12, 2026 7:37 PM UTC and resolved about 9 minutes later, with the ChatGPT component returning to normal after interventions. OpenAI issued 2 status updates during the incident describing the fix and the restoration of normal functionality.

OpenAI reported a degraded performance incident affecting prompts that include images. Users experienced higher error rates and slower responses when using ChatGPT conversations and the API endpoints for Chat Completions and API Responses. The incident began at Jan 8, 2026 8:26 PM UTC and was resolved by Jan 8, 2026 9:21 PM UTC, lasting about 55 minutes.

OpenAI issued two status updates during the incident to communicate the issue and the subsequent recovery. The disruption affected three components: ChatGPT / Conversations, APIs / Chat Completions, and APIs / Responses.

OpenAI's ChatGPT / Codex component experienced a brief partial outage as some Codex cloud tasks failed, causing degraded Codex-related functionality for users. Some users reported errors or delays with Codex-powered tasks, and a sample report noted replies not loading.

The incident began at 2:16 AM UTC and was resolved by 2:31 AM UTC, lasting approximately 15 minutes. OpenAI issued 2 status updates during the incident, acknowledging the issue and confirming recovery. By the end of the incident, OpenAI services returned to normal operation.

OpenAI experienced a brief degradation of the Responses API, with elevated error rates affecting the Responses endpoints from 11:06 PM UTC to 11:56 PM UTC. The OpenAI status page listed elevated errors and noted a mitigation was in progress, followed by a final update indicating the service had returned to normal. The incident was isolated to the Responses API component and did not indicate broader impact across OpenAI services. The OpenAI status page issued 2 updates during the incident.

OpenAI reported degraded performance affecting a broad set of ChatGPT components beginning at Jan 6, 2026 7:37 PM UTC. The incident impacted 13 components including ChatGPT / Image Generation, ChatGPT / Voice mode, ChatGPT / Login, ChatGPT / Compliance API, ChatGPT / Search, ChatGPT / File uploads, ChatGPT / Conversations, ChatGPT / GPTs, ChatGPT / Deep Research, ChatGPT / Agent, ChatGPT / Codex, ChatGPT Atlas, and ChatGPT / Connectors. Users experienced issues such as video requests hanging, pages loading slowly or failing, and login difficulties.