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Vol. I No. 26 Saturday, October 17, 2026 Closing 12:53 PM UTC · next edition 10:00 AM UTC

Is OpenAI down?

No open incidents

No open incidents in its feed as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:53 UTC. The latest, "Widespread feature degradation" (reported Oct 15, 2026, 16:29 UTC), is marked Resolved.

Read from OpenAI's own status feed when this page was built, Oct 17, 2026, 12:53 UTC. The paper rebuilds it with each edition, once a day at 10:00 UTC, so it is not live: for the state right now, open the official status page.

Recent incidents

The newest 10 the paper has read from the feed, each linking to OpenAI's own page for it. A state is as the feed gave it when last read.

  1. Oct 15, 2026, 16:29 UTCResolvedMajor impactWidespread feature degradation

    We are investigating an issue affecting logins and signups across all ChatGPT mobile applications. We will provide updates as we learn more.

  2. Oct 14, 2026, 17:00 UTCResolvedMinor impactDelayed Costs data in the Compliance API

    We have identified an issue causing delays in publishing organization cost data through the Costs API. API and ChatGPT usage are not affected, and other reporting channels remain available. We are working to restore normal data freshness.

  3. Oct 14, 2026, 10:18 UTCResolvedMinor impactLimited availability on gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst

    We are investigating limited availability when using gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst in the API.

  4. Oct 14, 2026, 07:05 UTCResolvedMinor impactDegraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work

    We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

  5. Oct 13, 2026, 08:10 UTCResolvedMinor impactDegraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Codex and Work mode

    We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

  6. Oct 9, 2026, 21:48 UTCResolvedMajor impact as last read Oct 15, 2026Workspace admins may be unable to manage plugins

    We are investigating an issue affecting some ChatGPT workspace administrators’ ability to view and manage plugin availability and settings. Some users may also see plugins as unavailable. We will provide another update as soon as we have more information.

  7. Oct 9, 2026, 21:00 UTCResolvedMajor impact as last read Oct 14, 2026Some ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android

    We have identified an issue affecting the ChatGPT Android app where users may see “This content is unavailable in this version of the app” instead of certain content. A fix is rolling out gradually in the latest Android version. Users can use ChatGPT on the web while we work to r…

  8. Oct 9, 2026, 17:23 UTCResolvedMinor impact as last read Oct 13, 2026Delayed Costs data in the Compliance API

    We have identified an issue causing delays in publishing organization cost data through the Costs API. API and ChatGPT usage are not affected, and other reporting channels remain available. We are working to restore normal data freshness.

  9. Oct 8, 2026, 03:17 UTCResolvedMinor impact as last read Oct 13, 2026Some APAC users are seeing errors in ChatGPT Work, conversations, and GPTs.

    We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

  10. Oct 7, 2026, 23:42 UTCResolvedMinor impact as last read Oct 12, 2026Elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspaces

    We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

OpenAI in the paper

  1. OpenAI Python SDKOct 17, 2026OpenAI Python SDK 3.33.0: api, add safety identifiers to image requests and responses (#4093) (c969e32)
  2. OpenAI Node SDKOct 17, 2026OpenAI Node SDK 7.36.0: api, add safety identifiers to image requests and responses (#2957) (c95ccaf)
  3. OpenAI Python SDKOct 16, 2026OpenAI Python SDK 3.32.0: api, add cache settings and key options [2/2] (#4087) (325da45)
  4. OpenAI Node SDKOct 16, 2026OpenAI Node SDK 7.35.0: api, add Decisions prompt caching options (#2956) (468b54e)
  5. OpenAIOct 16, 2026How Itaú is building generative AI for its entire customer base
  6. OpenAI API ChangelogOct 16, 2026Released prompt-to-voice for all API customers.
  7. Malwarebytes LabsOct 16, 2026OpenAI sued over children safety and data use
  8. OpenAIOct 16, 2026Stack Overflow for Agents triples signups with ChatGPT plugin