Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Elevated errors affecting multiple products including ChatGPT (conversations), Image generations, Spaces and Pages, API rehydration, and Dots.

Resolved after 35 m (6 Oct 2026, 02:41–03:17 UTC), impact minor, affecting Conversations, Image Generation, ChatGPT Work, Space and dots.

Timeline

1. 6 Oct 2026 at 02:41 UTC investigating

   We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

2. 6 Oct 2026 at 02:44 UTC monitoring

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

3. 6 Oct 2026 at 03:17 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · Conversations: degraded for 35 m
• ChatGPT · Image Generation: degraded for 35 m
• ChatGPT · ChatGPT Work: degraded for 35 m
• ChatGPT · Space: degraded for 35 m
• ChatGPT · dots: degraded for 35 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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