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Is OpenAI down right now?

No, it’s up.

OpenAI appears to be up and running normally.

checked responded in 117msHTTP 200

Over the last 7 days, OpenAI has answered our automated checks with 100.00% availability and a typical response time of ~369 ms. The most recent outage began 2026-08-04 12:43 UTC and lasted 2h 41m (severity: degraded).

OpenAI runs ChatGPT and the API behind GPT models, DALL-E, and Whisper, used by consumers directly and by thousands of applications that embed it. An outage looks different depending on where you sit: ChatGPT users see conversations failing to send, while developers see elevated latency, 429s, or 5xx responses from the API, often on one model family before the rest.

Response time (last 24h)
Last 24hpeak 2110 ms
Incident history (last 90 days)
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DateDurationSeverity
2h 41mDegraded
1h 25mDegraded
1h 24mDegraded
35mDegraded
1h 19mDegraded
0sDegraded
1d 18hDegraded
21mDegraded
1h 50mDegraded
1h 39mDegraded
13mDegraded
2h 44mDegraded
1d 3hDegraded
1h 20mDegraded
7h 7mDegraded
2h 46mDown
23mDown
16h 14mDown
2h 59mDegraded
2h 15mDown
4h 52mDegraded
14h 12mDown
1h 23mDegraded
Uptime
100.00%
7 days
100.00%
30 days
100.00%
90 days
What to do if OpenAI is down for just you
  • Check platform.openai.com/usage — hitting a rate limit or spend cap returns errors that look identical to an outage.
  • Note whether ChatGPT or the API is failing. They are separate surfaces and often fail independently.
  • If you get 401s, your API key was rotated or revoked; 429s mean throttling, not downtime.
  • Corporate and school networks frequently block OpenAI endpoints outright — try another network before assuming an outage.
Frequently asked questions
Is OpenAI down right now?
OpenAI appears to be up and running normally. Last checked 2026-08-05 04:42 UTC (4 minutes ago).
When was OpenAI's last outage?
The most recent outage began 2026-08-04 12:43 UTC and lasted 2h 41m (severity: degraded).
What should I do if OpenAI is down for me?
Check platform.openai.com/usage — hitting a rate limit or spend cap returns errors that look identical to an outage. Note whether ChatGPT or the API is failing. They are separate surfaces and often fail independently. If you get 401s, your API key was rotated or revoked; 429s mean throttling, not downtime. Corporate and school networks frequently block OpenAI endpoints outright — try another network before assuming an outage.
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