Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: File Download errors

Resolved after 42 m (19 Oct 2026, 13:31–14:14 UTC), impact minor, affecting File uploads, Images, Files, Responses and Image Generation.

Timeline

1. 19 Oct 2026 at 13:31 UTC identified

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

2. 19 Oct 2026 at 14:14 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Affected components

• ChatGPT · File uploads: degraded for 42 m
• APIs · Images: degraded for 42 m
• APIs · Files: degraded for 42 m
• APIs · Responses: degraded for 42 m
• ChatGPT · Image Generation: degraded for 42 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 16:25 UTC.

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