Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Elevated errors in ChatGPT Space Pages

Resolved after 1 d 21 h (30 Sep 2026 02:20 – 1 Oct 2026 23:44 UTC), impact minor, affecting Space.

Timeline

1. 30 Sep 2026 at 02:20 UTC identified

   We have identified that users may experience errors creating or interacting with Pages, including failures when using Page tools or connecting to live Page sessions. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

2. 30 Sep 2026 at 06:03 UTC monitoring

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

3. 30 Sep 2026 at 10:34 UTC monitoring

   All impacted services are recovered, we are continuing to monitor for any reoccurrence.

4. 30 Sep 2026 at 15:00 UTC monitoring

   We have applied mitigations and are monitoring the recovery.

5. 1 Oct 2026 at 16:51 UTC monitoring

   We are continuing to monitor our mitigiations. Some users may see slow or timed out results, especially for creating new pages or spaces.

6. 1 Oct 2026 at 23:44 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · Space: degraded for 8 h 14 m
• ChatGPT · Space: degraded for 1 d 8 h

What the crowd did

• 0 clicks, 2 zombies at their worst, 2 breaches, over 55 m — the siege in full

That is this site's own record of the crowd at OpenAI's gate, not anything OpenAI published.

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 30 Oct 2026 at 16:25 UTC.

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