Is OpenAI down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes and cross-references with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.

How often does OpenAI go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've detected 94 incidents, of which 14 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 42m.

How are outages detected?

Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes from multiple global locations. Crowdsourced user reports provide an additional early-warning signal, often surfacing issues before the official monitors catch them.

Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.

What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic detected a real service disruption, confirmed by multiple user reports, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

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Pulsetic detects outages before the provider officially reports them. Monitoring since Apr 2026 · 106 incidents caught

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MINOR · IDENTIFIED

Some users are experiencing increased latency and error rates in ChatGPT

Started 6 days ago · Jul 23, 2026 · 7:16 PM UTC

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

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Last 90 days

90-Day Health Summary

Total Incidents

94

Since Apr 2026
Major / Critical

14

14 high-impact incidents
Minor Incidents

80

Avg. 0.9 per day
Median Resolution

1h 42m

P95: 32h 4m

OpenAI Response Time, ms

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Recent Outage History

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Incident	Started	Duration	Impact	Status	Link
Elevated error rates with the invalid_prompt error code	Jul 29, 2026 · 12:55 AM	1h 24m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Elevated Image Generation Error Rate in ChatGPT	Jul 28, 2026 · 2:39 PM	35m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Image generation unavailable in ChatGPT	Jul 27, 2026 · 7:05 PM	1h 19m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
We’re seeing elevated latency, timeouts, and interrupted streaming across gpt 5.1 mini model and gpt 4.1 mini	Jul 27, 2026 · 6:06 PM	36m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT conversations	Jul 25, 2026 · 10:09 PM	1d 18h 22m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Elevated error rates	Jul 25, 2026 · 11:35 AM	21m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Elevated error rates	Jul 25, 2026 · 9:17 AM	1h 50m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Elevated Errors in Codex Review	Jul 24, 2026 · 7:55 AM	1h 39m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Elevated API error rates and latency on gpt-image-2 model	Jul 23, 2026 · 11:56 PM	13m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Some users are experiencing increased latency and error rates in ChatGPT	Jul 23, 2026 · 7:16 PM	Ongoing	Minor	Identified	Details →

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Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is OpenAI down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes and cross-references with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.
How often does OpenAI go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've detected 94 incidents, of which 14 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 42m.
How are outages detected?

Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes from multiple global locations. Crowdsourced user reports provide an additional early-warning signal, often surfacing issues before the official monitors catch them.
Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.
What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic detected a real service disruption, confirmed by multiple user reports, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.