OpenAI outage, 21 October 2026
Authentication errors for some users
- Started
- Resolved
- 20 Oct 2026, 17:35 UTC - reported afterwards
- Impact
- Major
Is this still happening?
No. OpenAI marked this incident resolved.
Right now: OpenAI reports all systems operational. (as of 26 Oct, 03:45 UTC) Live OpenAI status
Last update from OpenAI
On October 20, from 9:35 to 10:35 a.m. PDT, some users near Illinois experienced authentication errors with the API, ChatGPT, and Codex. We rolled back a configuration change, and service was restored.