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OPENAI

🟢 Operational

Overbilling for OpenAI-hosted containers in the Agent API

Resolved

Started
2026-09-18 22:29 UTC
3 days ago
Last update
2026-09-19 07:52 UTC
2 days ago
Duration
9h 22m

Timeline

  1. 19 Sep · 07:52 UTC 🟢 Resolved atom

    Status: Resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

  2. 19 Sep · 05:00 UTC 🟡 Monitoring atom

    Status: Monitoring

    We have applied the mitigation, and any new sessions would not run into this issue. We are monitoring the recovery.

  3. 19 Sep · 01:08 UTC ⚪ Identified atom

    Status: Identified

    We are still implementing the mitigation.

  4. 18 Sep · 23:22 UTC 🟡 Investigating atom

    Status: Investigating

    We’re continuing to work on a fix for the container overbilling issue.

    We’re also reviewing affected usage to identify impacted customers and calculate refunds.

  5. 18 Sep · 22:29 UTC 🟡 Investigating atom

    Status: Investigating

    We’re investigating an issue causing higher-than-expected charges for OpenAI-hosted containers in the Agent API.

    We’re working on a fix and preparing refunds for affected customers. We’ll share further updates as we make progress.

Source

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