OpenAI outage, 23 October 2026

Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD

Started
Resolved
23 Oct 2026, 23:43 UTC (after 50 min)
Impact
Minor

Is this still happening?

No. OpenAI marked this incident resolved on 23 Oct 2026, 23:43 UTC, 50 min after it began.

Right now: OpenAI reports all systems operational. (as of 26 Oct, 03:47 UTC) Live OpenAI status

Last update from OpenAI

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

23 Oct 2026, 23:43 UTC

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