ChatGPT: Check Official Status

OpenAI reports 71 incidents in the last 90 days (2 major outages, 69 minor incidents)

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71
Incidents (Last 90 Days)
2
Major Outages
1h 34m
Median Incident Duration
99.08%
Reported Uptime

January 2026 Outage History

January 14, 2026 - 12:06 AM
Elevated Error Rates for ChatGPT Users
Users experienced increased error rates when using ChatGPT. Service was degraded for approximately 20 minutes.
Duration: ~20 minutes
January 12, 2026 - 7:37 PM
Connectors/Apps Unselectable in ChatGPT Input Menu
Users were unable to select connectors and apps from the ChatGPT input menu. Issue affected productivity features.
Duration: ~10 minutes
January 8, 2026 - Evening
Image Prompts Failing - ChatGPT and API
Partial outage affecting image-based prompts. "ChatGPT and API responses are failing when images are sent to the model." Service restored by 9:12 PM.
Duration: Several hours
January 8, 2026 - 2:16 AM
Codex Cloud Tasks Failing
Some Codex cloud tasks were failing for users utilizing the code generation features.
Duration: ~15 minutes
January 6, 2026 - 7:36 PM to 9:00 PM
Workspace Member Retrieval Issues
Degraded performance affecting 13 ChatGPT components. Users experienced issues retrieving workspace members and team functionality.
Duration: ~1 hour 24 minutes

See full January 2026 outage report for more details.

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