Incident report · read from OpenAI's status page

OpenAI incident: Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests

Resolved after 11 m (26 Oct 2026, 18:19–18:30 UTC), impact minor.

Timeline

1. 26 Oct 2026 at 18:19 UTC identified

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for POST /ads/ endpoints. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

2. 26 Oct 2026 at 18:25 UTC monitoring

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

3. 26 Oct 2026 at 18:30 UTC resolved

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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 15:34 UTC.

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