What Happened
OpenAI experienced an outage on April 2, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 3 hours 30 minutes.
AI research company providing GPT models, ChatGPT, DALL-E, Whisper, and APIs for natural language processing, image generation, and speech recognition.
Timeline
| Time (UTC) | Status | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 08:03 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 07:36 | Identified | Update provided |
| 17:21 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 16:38 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 16:00 | Identified | Update provided |
| 14:58 | Identified | Update provided |
| 14:17 | Identified | Update provided |
| 17:55 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 3 hours 30 minutes. OpenAI runs on Azure — check those status pages if you experienced cascading issues.
Resolution
OpenAI has recovered and is now operational.
What To Do Next
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