Widespread feature degradation
OutageAll impacted services have now fully recovered.
Is OpenAI down?
OpenAI is up and running. OpenAI runs ChatGPT and the API behind the GPT models.
Last 90 days
95.96%
Estimated uptime
Estimated uptime
90 days agoToday
Worked out from the incidents OpenAI reported, so it is an estimate and not a measurement.
OpenAI reliability, last 90 days
23Incidents reported
4Full outages
1 h 48 minTypical duration
2 d 23 hLongest incident
Last incident: “Widespread feature degradation”, yesterday.
Components
Chat CompletionsOperational
ResponsesOperational
AgentsOperational
DecisionsOperational
Fine-tuningOperational
EmbeddingsOperational
ImagesOperational
BatchOperational
AudioOperational
ModerationsOperational
RealtimeOperational
FilesOperational
LoginOperational
ConversationsOperational
LoginOperational
ChatGPT WorkOperational
Codex in ChatGPT DesktopOperational
Compliance APIOperational
SearchOperational
File uploadsOperational
Voice modeOperational
GPTsOperational
Image GenerationOperational
Deep ResearchOperational
AgentOperational
Recent incidents
Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API
DegradedAll impacted services have now fully recovered.
Limited availability on gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst
DegradedAll impacted services have now fully recovered.
Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work
DegradedAll impacted services have now fully recovered.
Degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode
DegradedWe have resolved the issue causing degraded performance with GPT-6.1 Sol in Codex and ChatGPT Work.
Questions
Is OpenAI down right now?
OpenAI’s official status page says: All Systems Operational. This page checks it again when you load it, at most every 5 minutes.
When was OpenAI last down?
The most recent incident OpenAI reported was “Widespread feature degradation”, yesterday (2026-10-15 16:29 UTC). Its last full outage started yesterday.
Which parts of OpenAI are tracked here?
OpenAI reports 25 components on its status page, including Chat Completions, Responses, Agents, Decisions, Fine-tuning. Each is checked again whenever this page refreshes.
What should I do if OpenAI is down?
Retry with exponential backoff, fall back to another model or provider if your product allows it, and avoid hammering the API while it recovers.
ChatGPT is down — is the OpenAI API affected too?
Not necessarily. status.openai.com splits the consumer product (ChatGPT, login, voice mode, GPTs) from API surfaces (Chat Completions, Responses, Embeddings, Realtime). Each side can fail on its own.
API returning 429s — outage or rate limit?
Usually a rate limit, not an outage. 429 responses carry rate-limit headers and mean your key hit quota; an incident shows up as 5xx errors together with a degraded row on the status page.
Fine-tuning jobs or the Batch API delayed — same status as chat?
No — 'Fine-tuning', 'Batch' and 'Images' are separate components from the realtime chat endpoints, so async jobs can lag while chat completions stay healthy.
How do I tell if OpenAI is down for everyone or only for me?
If the status above is operational but OpenAI still fails for you, the cause is probably on your side: try another network, clear the cache, or check your own connection. If it shows a degradation or an outage, others are affected too.
How can I get alerted when my own site goes down?
OpenUptime checks your site every minute and sends an alert to Slack, Telegram, email or a webhook the moment it stops responding. It is open source and free to start.