OpenAI Outage History

OpenAI experienced a brief degraded authentication issue affecting the ChatGPT login process. Users attempting to sign in reported login problems or delays, with symptoms focused on authentication rather than broader service access. The incident appeared isolated to the ChatGPT / Login component.

OpenAI issued two status updates during the incident, first listing a degraded state at Feb 28, 2025 6:02 PM UTC and then confirming restoration to normal at Feb 28, 2025 8:21 PM UTC. The outage lasted about 2 hours and 19 minutes. User reports during the event were limited, indicating relatively small impact overall.

OpenAI's ChatGPT / Voice mode experienced a brief degradation in performance. The incident began at 2:56 AM UTC and was resolved by 3:36 AM UTC, lasting about 40 minutes. OpenAI issued two status updates during the event, first noting degraded performance and later confirming restoration. The impact was limited to the ChatGPT / Voice mode component.

OpenAI API and ChatGPT voice services experienced degraded performance starting at 1:31 PM UTC, affecting API responsiveness and ChatGPT voice features including voice search and voice responses. Users reported slower API calls and intermittent voice-related issues across regions. The degradation persisted for about 3 hours and 51 minutes, with services returning to normal by 5:22 PM UTC as updates indicated a fix and monitoring.

OpenAI published four status updates during the incident, outlining investigation steps, monitoring progress, and the eventual restoration. A small number of user reports emerged around 1:00 PM UTC to 1:15 PM UTC, indicating early visibility before official acknowledgement.

OpenAI experienced an incident starting at Feb 26, 2025 10:08 AM UTC when API errors were elevated, causing the OpenAI API to be listed in a degraded state. The issue then expanded to degrade performance for ChatGPT search and voice by Feb 26, 2025 11:24 AM UTC, with ChatGPT also shown as degraded. Users likely observed slower search results and reduced quality in voice features during this period.

OpenAI issued 3 status updates during the incident. The services were restored by Feb 26, 2025 11:41 AM UTC, marking roughly 1 hour and 33 minutes of degraded performance. The affected components included the OpenAI API and ChatGPT search and voice functionalities.

OpenAI API experienced elevated errors starting at Feb 22, 2025 3:21 AM UTC. The status page listed an ongoing investigation as OpenAI engineers worked to identify the cause. The degradation affected API calls, causing errors and reduced performance for a period of time. The incident lasted about 36 minutes and the API returned to normal by 3:57 AM UTC.

OpenAI posted two status updates during the event to communicate progress and resolution, and the API component returned to full service by the indicated time.

OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced a brief degradation with users reporting error responses and timeouts. The outage began at 12:26 AM UTC and was resolved by 12:37 AM UTC, lasting about 11 minutes. A small number of users reported generate response errors and timeouts around 12:30 AM UTC.

OpenAI's status page noted increased ChatGPT errors and indicated a fix had been identified and implemented. The provider posted two status updates during the incident, outlining the investigation and the subsequent resolution.

Overall, the issue was limited in scope and duration, with ChatGPT returning to normal operation shortly after the fix was deployed.

OpenAI ChatGPT experienced degraded performance due to increased errors with the advanced voice feature. The incident began at Feb 21, 2025 5:27 PM UTC when ChatGPT entered a degraded state and was resolved by Feb 21, 2025 9:56 PM UTC, lasting about 4 hours and 29 minutes. OpenAI issued two status updates during the event, indicating an investigation and later that the issue had been resolved. The scope was limited to the ChatGPT component's voice functionality.

OpenAI reported elevated errors for ChatGPT, impacting a subset of users. The issue began at 6:46 PM UTC and was resolved by 7:11 PM UTC, lasting roughly 25 minutes. Free-tier users recovered fully, while paid users continued to face issues during the incident. OpenAI issued two status updates during the period, clarifying the degraded state and later restoration; at the end, free users were fully recovered and work to resolve remaining issues for paid users continued. The event appeared limited in scope based on reported activity and communications.

OpenAI experienced a brief period of degraded login access affecting API, ChatGPT, and Sora. The incident began on 11:21 PM UTC when the OpenAI status page reported Investigating and increased login issues. The disruption lasted about 40 minutes and was resolved by 12:01 AM UTC as services returned to normal. OpenAI issued two official status updates during the incident, documenting the investigation and the subsequent recovery.

The OpenAI API experienced a brief spike in errors affecting the gpt-4o-2024-11-20 model, causing intermittent request failures for a few minutes. The incident began at 3:51 AM UTC and was resolved by 3:56 AM UTC. OpenAI issued two status updates during the incident, noting ongoing work to fix the issue and that the API was temporarily degraded before returning to normal. The impact was limited to the API component, with users making requests to the gpt-4o-2024-11-20 endpoint potentially experiencing failures.