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OPENAI

🟢 Operational

Elevated errors for image generation

Resolved

Started
2026-09-08 14:32 UTC
13 days ago
Last update
2026-09-08 21:59 UTC
13 days ago
Duration
7h 26m

Timeline

  1. 08 Sep · 21:59 UTC 🟡 Resolved atom

    Status: Resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

    Affected components

    Images (Operational)
    Image Generation (Operational)

  2. 08 Sep · 19:11 UTC 🟡 Monitoring atom

    Status: Monitoring

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

    Affected components

    Images (Degraded performance)
    Image Generation (Degraded performance)

  3. 08 Sep · 16:35 UTC 🟡 Identified atom

    Status: Identified

    We have identified the issue affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. Some image-generation requests may continue to fail.

    Affected components

    Images (Degraded performance)
    Image Generation (Degraded performance)

  4. 08 Sep · 15:38 UTC 🟠 Investigating atom

    Status: Investigating

    "We’re continuing to investigate elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. We saw an increase in failed Images API requests after our last update. We’re applying mitigations and assessing their effect. Some image requests may still fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.

    "

    Affected components

    Images (Degraded performance)
    Image Generation (Degraded performance)

  5. 08 Sep · 15:05 UTC 🟠 Investigating atom

    Status: Investigating

    We’re continuing to investigate elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. We’ve made changes aimed at reducing failures and are assessing their effect. Some requests may still fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.

    Affected components

    Images (Degraded performance)
    Image Generation (Degraded performance)

  6. 08 Sep · 14:32 UTC 🟠 Investigating atom

    Status: Investigating

    We’re investigating elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. Some requests may fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.

    Affected components

    Images (Degraded performance)
    Image Generation (Degraded performance)

Source

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