What Happened
OpenAI experienced an outage on April 7, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 1 hour 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 10:27 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 11:50 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 1 hour 15 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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