Elevated errors for image generation

Summary

Elevated errors for image generation

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

• Started

  Sep 8, 2026 · 2:32 PM

• Resolved

  Sep 8, 2026 · 9:59 PM

• Duration

  7h 26m

• Severity

  Minor

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  Investigating

  Sep 8 · 2:32 PM ChatGPT

  We’re investigating elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. Some requests may fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.

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  Investigating

  Sep 8 · 3:05 PM ChatGPT

  We’re continuing to investigate elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. We’ve made changes aimed at reducing failures and are assessing their effect. Some requests may still fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.

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  Investigating

  Sep 8 · 3:38 PM ChatGPT

  > We’re continuing to investigate elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. We saw an increase in failed Images API requests after our last update. We’re applying mitigations and assessing their effect. Some image requests may still fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.

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  Identified

  Sep 8 · 4:35 PM ChatGPT

  We have identified the issue affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. Some image-generation requests may continue to fail.

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  Monitoring

  Sep 8 · 7:11 PM ChatGPT

  We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

• ✓

  Resolved

  Sep 8 · 9:59 PM ChatGPT

  All impacted services have now fully recovered.