Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations

Resolved after 7 h 2 m (5 Oct 2026 16:58 – 6 Oct 2026 00:01 UTC), impact minor, affecting Conversations and FedRAMP.

Timeline

1. 5 Oct 2026 at 16:58 UTC investigating

   We are investigating elevated error rates affecting some ChatGPT conversations. Error rates are improving, and our team is continuing to assess recovery. We will share further updates as they become available.

2. 5 Oct 2026 at 17:55 UTC monitoring

   We have mitigated the issue affecting ChatGPT conversations and are monitoring recovery.

3. 6 Oct 2026 at 00:01 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · Conversations: degraded for 7 h 2 m
• FedRAMP · FedRAMP: degraded for 7 h 2 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 30 Oct 2026 at 16:27 UTC.

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