What Happened
OpenAI experienced an outage on May 13, 2026. The incident lasted approximately 25 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 06:37 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 06:28 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 09:34 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 09:00 | Identified | Update provided |
| 08:18 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 23:17 | Monitoring | Update provided |
| 23:05 | Investigating | Update provided |
| 23:32 | Resolved | All systems operational |
Impact
The outage lasted approximately 25 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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