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OpenAI API outage history

OpenAI API published 10 incidents on its official status page since Oct 6, 2026. None was major or long enough for its own page. Below them is every smaller incident, then our own 90 day check history.

Is OpenAI API down right now? →OpenAI API official status page

Every smaller OpenAI API 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

OpenAI API uptime, last 90 days

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

Uptime100%
Avg response182 ms
Problems, 30 days10
Last problemOct 22, 2026
90 days agoUp Degraded Down No dataToday

Every OpenAI API problem in the last 90 days

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 22, 2026, 02:31 UTC · lasted 6 hours 24 min · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Outage

    Oct 21, 2026, 14:31 UTC · lasted 2 hours 40 min · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 21, 2026, 02:31 UTC · lasted 32 minutes · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 19, 2026, 13:43 UTC · lasted 32 minutes · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 14, 2026, 17:13 UTC · lasted 41 hours 53 min · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 14, 2026, 10:33 UTC · lasted 25 minutes · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Partial System Degradation

    Oct 13, 2026, 08:56 UTC · lasted 7 hours 42 min · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

    Oct 9, 2026, 20:32 UTC · lasted 68 hours 47 min · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

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

    Oct 8, 2026, 03:22 UTC · lasted 1 hour 54 min · from OpenAI API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspaces

    Oct 7, 2026, 23:44 UTC · lasted 9 minutes · from OpenAI API's official status page

Day by day

Day (UTC)UptimeAvg responseWorst
Oct 22, 2026100%93 msDegraded
Oct 21, 2026100%144 msDegraded
Oct 20, 2026100%150 msUp
Oct 19, 2026100%148 msDegraded
Oct 18, 2026100%145 msUp
Oct 17, 2026100%147 msUp
Oct 16, 2026100%228 msDegraded
Oct 15, 2026100%268 msDegraded
Oct 14, 2026100%238 msDegraded
Oct 13, 2026100%235 msDegraded
Oct 12, 2026100%251 msDegraded
Oct 11, 2026100%194 msDegraded
Oct 10, 2026100%157 msDegraded
Oct 9, 2026100%167 msDegraded
Oct 8, 2026100%178 msUp
Oct 7, 2026100%172 msDegraded

OpenAI API outage questions

Was OpenAI API down today?

Yes. OpenAI API had a problem today (Oct 22, 2026, UTC): Partial System Degradation (degraded, 6 hours 24 min).

Was OpenAI API down yesterday?

Yes. OpenAI API had 2 problems yesterday (Oct 21, 2026, UTC): Partial System Outage (degraded, 2 hours 40 min); Partial System Degradation (degraded, 32 minutes).

When was OpenAI API last down?

The latest problem was on Oct 22, 2026, 02:31 UTC and lasted 6 hours 24 min: Partial System Degradation.

How often does OpenAI API go down?

OpenAI API's status page posted 10 incidents since Oct 6, 2026, 10 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.