Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Elevated errors deploying Sites

Resolved after 20 m (18 Aug 2026, 19:17–19:37 UTC), impact minor, affecting Sites.

Timeline

1. 18 Aug 2026 at 19:17 UTC identified

   We have identified an issue causing elevated errors when deploying Sites. We are working to implement a mitigation.

2. 18 Aug 2026 at 19:26 UTC monitoring

   We have implemented a mitigation for the issue affecting site deployments and are monitoring the results.

3. 18 Aug 2026 at 19:37 UTC resolved

   The issue affecting site deployments has been resolved.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · Sites: degraded for 20 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 16:15 UTC.

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