OpenAI outage, 5 November 2026

ChatGPT Issues

Started
Status
Ongoing: Investigating
Impact
Minor

Is this still happening?

Yes. OpenAI still lists it as investigating; last update 5 Nov 2026, 15:30 UTC.

Right now: OpenAI reports degraded performance on some systems. (as of 5 Nov, 15:47 UTC) Live OpenAI status

Last update from OpenAI

We’re investigating a potential issue for the listed services and checking how it affects users. We’ll share an update when we know more.

5 Nov 2026, 15:30 UTC

Other OpenAI incidents

  1. Elevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plans

  2. File upload errors in ChatGPT

  3. Elevated errors with search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and certain ChatGPT thinking experiences

  4. Elevated errors for GPT Image 2 API image edits

  5. Degraded Performace on ChatGPT Work

  6. 6.1 Sol Degraded Model Performance

  7. Elevated error rates for most hosted Code Reviews and Security Reviews on private GitHub repositories

  8. Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests

All recorded OpenAI incidents