Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Issues with Custom GPT actions

Resolved after 5 h 53 m (5 Aug 2026, 16:55–22:49 UTC), impact minor, affecting GPTs.

Timeline

1. 5 Aug 2026 at 16:55 UTC investigating

   We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

2. 5 Aug 2026 at 18:28 UTC identified

   We are still implementing the mitigation.

3. 5 Aug 2026 at 19:03 UTC monitoring

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

4. 5 Aug 2026 at 22:46 UTC monitoring

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

5. 5 Aug 2026 at 22:49 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · GPTs: degraded for 5 h 53 m

Source

OpenAI's own report of this incident, on OpenAI's status page. This page is a record of OpenAI's own report; where the two disagree, theirs is right.

Last checked 8 Sep 2026 at 16:16 UTC.

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