Is OpenAI Down?
ChatGPT, GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, o3, DALL-E, Whisper, and OpenAI API platform services.
[ STATUS AT A GLANCE ]
System Components
Current status of individual OpenAI services
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About OpenAI
What OpenAI does, where the data on this page comes from, and recent reliability
[ ABOUT OPENAI ]
About OpenAI
OpenAI provides ChatGPT, OpenAI API, GPT-4o, and o-series reasoning models. Teams depend on OpenAI for both end-user chat products and API-driven application traffic, so even short disruptions can affect support, automation, and revenue-critical workflows.
This page pulls data from OpenAI's official status page to show current service health, any active incidents, and a history of recent issues — all in one view.
[ DATA SOURCES ]
Full incident history available
OpenAI publishes detailed component status, a full incident archive, and scheduled maintenance data through their official status page.
- Data pulled from OpenAI's official status page (status.openai.com)
- Refreshed every 60 seconds
- Covers ChatGPT, OpenAI API, GPT-4o, o-series reasoning models, and DALL-E
- Includes full incident archive and scheduled maintenance history
[ RELIABILITY ]
Recent reliability
- 25 incidents reported over the last 90 days.
- The most recent incident was reported today.
- All 24 monitored components are currently operational.
[ COMMON USE CASES ]
How teams use OpenAI
Teams depend on OpenAI for both end-user chat products and API-driven application traffic, so even short disruptions can affect support, automation, and revenue-critical workflows.
Incidents & Maintenance
Active incidents, scheduled maintenance, and incident history for OpenAI
Past Incidents
Elevated 401 errors for API endpoints
Apr 12, 2026 — Resolved Apr 14, 2026
+ 5 more updates
Some users may experience issues accessing ChatGPT
Apr 11, 2026 — Resolved Apr 11, 2026
Issue with API platform login and account creation
Apr 10, 2026 — Resolved Apr 10, 2026
Issues with share link creation on web UI
Apr 10, 2026 — Resolved Apr 10, 2026
Elevated Errors with Login
Apr 8, 2026 — Resolved Apr 8, 2026
Some users may experience issues accessing the ChatGPT website on VPN
Apr 7, 2026 — Resolved Apr 7, 2026
GET /v1/responses endpoint is currently down and unable to serve requests
Apr 6, 2026 — Resolved Apr 6, 2026
Some users may experience empty response from ChatGPT in web
Apr 6, 2026 — Resolved Apr 6, 2026
ChatGPT Dictation Elevated Error Rate
Apr 2, 2026 — Resolved Apr 2, 2026
+ 1 more updates
High error rate for completionsapi-gpt-5-nano
Apr 2, 2026 — Resolved Apr 2, 2026
Elevated failures for some users joining ChatGPT Enterprise and ChatGPT Edu workspaces via SSO.
Mar 31, 2026 — Resolved Mar 31, 2026
Account creation and login are unstable across all surfaces
Mar 29, 2026 — Resolved Mar 29, 2026
Responses API and Sora Increased Error Rates
Mar 26, 2026 — Resolved Mar 26, 2026
+ 2 more updates
Unable to download or preview project files
Mar 25, 2026 — Resolved Mar 25, 2026
+ 1 more updates
Elevated error rates on Realtime API SIP endpoints
Mar 24, 2026 — Resolved Mar 24, 2026
Increased errors creating new sync apps and sync delays with existing apps
Mar 24, 2026 — Resolved Mar 24, 2026
Some customer may encounter errors creating, updating projects, and uploading files
Mar 24, 2026 — Resolved Mar 24, 2026
+ 1 more updates
Pinned chats are not loading on web browsers for ChatGPT
Mar 20, 2026 — Resolved Mar 21, 2026
Sora video generation failing
Mar 18, 2026 — Resolved Mar 18, 2026
+ 2 more updates
Excel Plugin is inaccessible for some users
Mar 17, 2026 — Resolved Mar 17, 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
Is OpenAI down right now?
Check the status indicator at the top of this page — it pulls directly from OpenAI's official status page. If OpenAI is experiencing any issues, you'll see it reflected here.
What does this OpenAI status page track?
This page tracks ChatGPT, OpenAI API, GPT-4o, o-series reasoning models, and DALL-E using data from OpenAI's official status page. You can see current component health, active incidents, and a history of past issues.
How often is OpenAI status updated here?
We check OpenAI's status page every 60 seconds. How quickly issues show up here depends on how fast OpenAI updates their own official status.
Why monitor OpenAI status?
Teams depend on OpenAI for both end-user chat products and API-driven application traffic, so even short disruptions can affect support, automation, and revenue-critical workflows.
What can I do if OpenAI goes down?
The most common approach is to set up automatic failover to an alternative provider. Bifrost is an open-source AI gateway that can route requests away from OpenAI when it's experiencing issues, keeping your application running even when a single provider has problems.