🟢 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
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08 Sep · 21:59 UTC
🟡 Resolved
atom
Status: Resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Affected components
Images (Operational)
Image Generation (Operational) -
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) -
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) -
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.
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Affected components
Images (Degraded performance)
Image Generation (Degraded performance) -
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) -
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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