Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Widespread feature degradation

Resolved after 2 h 26 m (15 Oct 2026, 16:29–18:56 UTC), impact major, affecting Login.

Timeline

1. 15 Oct 2026 at 16:29 UTC investigating

   We are investigating an issue affecting logins and signups across all ChatGPT mobile applications. We will provide updates as we learn more.

2. 15 Oct 2026 at 16:35 UTC investigating

   We are investigating widespread feature degradation, including issues affecting logins and signups in the ChatGPT iOS/Android apps. We will provide updates as we learn more.

3. 15 Oct 2026 at 17:13 UTC monitoring

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

4. 15 Oct 2026 at 17:41 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

5. 15 Oct 2026 at 18:56 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · Login: partial outage for 2 h 50 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 16:26 UTC.

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