Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free and Go plans

Resolved after 21 m (1 Sep 2026, 00:38–01:00 UTC), impact minor, affecting Conversations.

Timeline

1. 1 Sep 2026 at 00:38 UTC investigating

   We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

2. 1 Sep 2026 at 00:52 UTC monitoring

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

3. 1 Sep 2026 at 01:00 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · Conversations: degraded for 21 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 15:07 UTC.

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