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ChatGPT outage history

ChatGPT published 31 incidents on its official status page since Oct 2, 2026. 4 were major or long incidents with their own pages; the biggest are listed first. Below them is every smaller incident, then our own 90 day check history.

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Biggest ChatGPT outages

Ranked by the official impact level, then by how long they lasted. Each has its own page with the cause, the fix time and every official update.

  1. Oct 7, 2026: Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app 6 hours 22 min · rated "Major"
  2. Oct 9, 2026: Some ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android 3 hours 26 min · rated "Major"
  3. Oct 15, 2026: Widespread feature degradation 2 hours 27 min · rated "Major"
  4. Oct 9, 2026: Workspace admins may be unable to manage plugins 1 hour 38 min · rated "Major"

Every smaller ChatGPT incident

Minor and short incidents from the OpenAI status page, newest first, each with a line from the official updates. Times are UTC.

October 2026

ChatGPT uptime, last 90 days

Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.

Uptime100%
Avg response185 ms
Problems, 30 days9
Last problemOct 22, 2026
90 days agoUp Degraded Down No dataToday

Every ChatGPT problem in the last 90 days

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 22, 2026, 02:24 UTC · lasted 6 hours 40 min · from ChatGPT's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Outage

    Oct 21, 2026, 14:24 UTC · lasted 2 hours 40 min · from ChatGPT's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 21, 2026, 02:40 UTC · lasted 16 minutes · from ChatGPT's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 19, 2026, 13:36 UTC · lasted 48 minutes · from ChatGPT's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 14, 2026, 17:05 UTC · lasted 42 hours 5 min · from ChatGPT's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 14, 2026, 10:38 UTC · lasted 25 minutes · from ChatGPT's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 13, 2026, 09:00 UTC · lasted 7 hours 43 min · from ChatGPT's official status page

  • Degraded

    Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

    Oct 9, 2026, 20:31 UTC · lasted 67 hours 38 min · from ChatGPT's official status page

  • Degraded

    Some APAC users are seeing errors in ChatGPT Work, conversations, and GPTs.

    Oct 8, 2026, 03:21 UTC · lasted 2 hours 3 min · from ChatGPT's official status page

Day by day

Day (UTC)UptimeAvg responseWorst
Oct 22, 2026100%107 msDegraded
Oct 21, 2026100%167 msDegraded
Oct 20, 2026100%155 msUp
Oct 19, 2026100%149 msDegraded
Oct 18, 2026100%144 msUp
Oct 17, 2026100%136 msUp
Oct 16, 2026100%218 msDegraded
Oct 15, 2026100%233 msDegraded
Oct 14, 2026100%243 msDegraded
Oct 13, 2026100%254 msDegraded
Oct 12, 2026100%232 msDegraded
Oct 11, 2026100%198 msDegraded
Oct 10, 2026100%178 msDegraded
Oct 9, 2026100%196 msDegraded
Oct 8, 2026100%177 msUp
Oct 7, 2026100%179 msDegraded

ChatGPT outage questions

Was ChatGPT down today?

Yes. ChatGPT had a problem today (Oct 22, 2026, UTC): Partial System Degradation (degraded, 6 hours 40 min).

Was ChatGPT down yesterday?

Yes. ChatGPT had 2 problems yesterday (Oct 21, 2026, UTC): Partial System Outage (degraded, 2 hours 40 min); Partial System Degradation (degraded, 16 minutes).

When was ChatGPT last down?

The latest problem was on Oct 22, 2026, 02:24 UTC and lasted 6 hours 40 min: Partial System Degradation.

What was the biggest ChatGPT outage?

Of the incidents on record since Oct 2, 2026, the biggest was on Oct 7, 2026: Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app. The OpenAI status page rated it "Major" and it lasted 6 hours 22 min.

How often does ChatGPT go down?

ChatGPT's status page posted 31 incidents since Oct 2, 2026, 31 of them in the last 30 days. Most incidents affect part of the service, not all of it. Uptime from our own checks over the last 90 days: 100%.

Times are UTC. Official incidents are the company's own posts, quoted from the OpenAI status page. Problem periods start when the official status page or our checks first show a problem and end when the service is next found working, so durations are accurate to within a few minutes. Recent outages across all services.