ChatGPT Status · History · Incident #142628

RESOLVED

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Minor · Started Sep 29, 2026 · 5:49 PM

  • Duration

    5h 29m

  • Severity

    Minor

  • Detection lead

    —

  • User reports

    Peak 6/hr

Summary

Support available via email

The issue affecting support chat has been resolved. You can now contact our support team through the Help Center as usual. Thank you for your patience while we worked to restore service.


  • Started

    Sep 29, 2026 · 5:49 PM

  • Resolved

    Sep 29, 2026 · 11:18 PM

  • Duration

    5h 29m

  • Severity

    None

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

  • ◐

    Investigating

    Sep 29 · 5:49 PM ChatGPT

    Our Help Center and support chat are currently unavailable. If you need assistance, you can still reach our support team by emailing [support@openai.com](mailto:support@openai.com "support@openai.com"). We apologize for the inconvenience.

  • ◐

    Investigating

    Sep 29 · 5:55 PM ChatGPT

    Our Help Center is available, but support chat remains unavailable. If you need assistance, you can browse the Help Center or email [support@openai.com](mailto:support@openai.com "support@openai.com").

  • ◐

    Investigating

    Sep 29 · 6:50 PM ChatGPT

    Our Help Center is available, but support chat remains unavailable. If you need assistance, you can browse the Help Center or email [support@openai.com](mailto:support@openai.com "support@openai.com").

  • ◉

    Monitoring

    Sep 29 · 9:50 PM ChatGPT

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

  • ✓

    Resolved

    Sep 29 · 11:18 PM ChatGPT

    The issue affecting support chat has been resolved. You can now contact our support team through the Help Center as usual. Thank you for your patience while we worked to restore service.

User reports · incident window

Report volume over time

Hourly report count. Red bars mark the incident window.

Peak: 6 reports/hr

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