August 5, 2026 · started 14:55 UTC

OpenAI outage.

OpenAI reported degraded for 8h 27m, then recovered. The provider titled it: “Elevated errors with image generation”.

8h 27mduration

Degradedworst reported level

14:55 UTCAugust 5, 2026

Timeline

14:55 UTC — operational → degraded Elevated errors with image generation
23:22 UTC — back to operational Elevated errors with image generation

As published on OpenAI's official status page, observed by our poller. Times are UTC. See current OpenAI status, its RSS feed, or all recorded outages.