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Is OpenAI down right now?

No, it’s up.

OpenAI appears to be up and running normally.

checked responded in 154msHTTP 200

Over the last 7 days, OpenAI has answered our automated checks with 100.00% availability and a typical response time of ~253 ms. According to OpenAI's official status page, the most recent outage began 2026-08-04 12:43 UTC and lasted 2h 41m (severity: degraded). It was reported as "Elevated ChatGPT conversation errors affecting Plus, Pro, Business, and Edu users".

OpenAI runs ChatGPT and the API behind GPT models, DALL-E, and Whisper, used by consumers directly and by thousands of applications that embed it. An outage looks different depending on where you sit: ChatGPT users see conversations failing to send, while developers see elevated latency, 429s, or 5xx responses from the API, often on one model family before the rest.

Response time (last 24h)
Last 24hpeak 2110 ms
Incident history (last 90 days)
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23 of the incidents below were reported by OpenAI on days we were not yet monitoring, so the timeline above leaves those days hatched rather than colouring them in.

DateWhat happenedDurationSeverity
Elevated ChatGPT conversation errors affecting Plus, Pro, Business, and Edu usersReported by OpenAI2h 41mDegraded
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT conversationsReported by OpenAI1h 25mDegraded
Elevated error rates with the invalid_prompt error codeReported by OpenAI1h 24mDegraded
Elevated Image Generation Error Rate in ChatGPTReported by OpenAI35mDegraded
Image generation unavailable in ChatGPTReported by OpenAI1h 19mDegraded
We’re seeing elevated latency, timeouts, and interrupted streaming across gpt 5.1 mini model and gpt 4.1 miniReported by OpenAI0sDegraded
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT conversationsReported by OpenAI1d 18hDegraded
Elevated error ratesReported by OpenAI21mDegraded
Elevated error ratesReported by OpenAI1h 50mDegraded
Elevated Errors in Codex ReviewReported by OpenAI1h 39mDegraded
Elevated API error rates and latency on gpt-image-2 modelReported by OpenAI13mDegraded
Some users may experience elevated error rates in ChatGPTReported by OpenAI2h 44mDegraded
Elevated Error RatesReported by OpenAI1d 3hDegraded
Elevated errors for Workspace AgentReported by OpenAI1h 20mDegraded
Elevated Errors Affecting File Uploads and Image GenerationReported by OpenAI7h 7mDegraded
Elevated errors for API image generationReported by OpenAI2h 46mDown
Issues with logins and signupsReported by OpenAI23mDown
Image generation unavailable in ChatGPTReported by OpenAI16h 14mDown
Elevated errors for GitHub-dependent ChatGPT and Codex workflowsReported by OpenAI2h 59mDegraded
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPTReported by OpenAI2h 15mDown
Some users are unable to access CodexReported by OpenAI4h 52mDegraded
New ChatGPT App Not Available For Enterprise Users Without Codex PermissionsReported by OpenAI14h 12mDown
Elevated errors for Github connectorReported by OpenAI1h 23mDegraded
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What to do if OpenAI is down for just you
  • Check platform.openai.com/usage — hitting a rate limit or spend cap returns errors that look identical to an outage.
  • Note whether ChatGPT or the API is failing. They are separate surfaces and often fail independently.
  • If you get 401s, your API key was rotated or revoked; 429s mean throttling, not downtime.
  • Corporate and school networks frequently block OpenAI endpoints outright — try another network before assuming an outage.
Frequently asked questions
Is OpenAI down right now?
OpenAI appears to be up and running normally. Last checked 2026-08-05 06:54 UTC (3 minutes ago).
When was OpenAI's last outage?
According to OpenAI's official status page, the most recent outage began 2026-08-04 12:43 UTC and lasted 2h 41m (severity: degraded). It was reported as "Elevated ChatGPT conversation errors affecting Plus, Pro, Business, and Edu users".
What should I do if OpenAI is down for me?
Check platform.openai.com/usage — hitting a rate limit or spend cap returns errors that look identical to an outage. Note whether ChatGPT or the API is failing. They are separate surfaces and often fail independently. If you get 401s, your API key was rotated or revoked; 429s mean throttling, not downtime. Corporate and school networks frequently block OpenAI endpoints outright — try another network before assuming an outage.
OpenAI’s official status page

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