What Happened
OpenAI experienced an outage on April 20, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 4 hours 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 09:43 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 07:13 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 18:17 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 17:43 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 16:48 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 16:03 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 15:29 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 15:13 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 14:35 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 17:29 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 19:21 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 4 hours 5 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
- View OpenAI live status and outage history
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