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OPENAI

🟢 Operational

File uploads are delayed or failing

Resolved

Started
2026-09-08 14:39 UTC
13 days ago
Last update
2026-09-08 19:16 UTC
13 days ago
Duration
4h 36m

Timeline

  1. 08 Sep · 19:16 UTC 🟢 Resolved atom

    Status: Resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

    Affected components

    File uploads (Operational)
    GPTs (Operational)

  2. 08 Sep · 17:48 UTC 🟡 Monitoring atom

    Status: Monitoring

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

    Affected components

    File uploads (Degraded performance)
    GPTs (Degraded performance)

  3. 08 Sep · 16:29 UTC 🟠 Identified atom

    Status: Identified

    We have identified the issue causing file-upload processing failures and delays in ChatGPT. Some files may remain unavailable while processing, and some uploads may fail.

    Affected components

    File uploads (Degraded performance)
    GPTs (Degraded performance)

  4. 08 Sep · 15:37 UTC 🟠 Investigating atom

    Status: Investigating

    We’re continuing to investigate file-upload processing failures and delays in ChatGPT. Some files may appear uploaded but remain unavailable while processing; other uploads may fail. We have not confirmed recovery and will share another update as we learn more.

    Affected components

    File uploads (Degraded performance)
    GPTs (Degraded performance)

  5. 08 Sep · 14:47 UTC 🟡 Investigating atom

    Status: Investigating

    We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

    Affected components

    GPTs (Degraded performance)
    File uploads (Degraded performance)

  6. 08 Sep · 14:39 UTC 🟡 Investigating atom

    Status: Investigating

    Some file uploads are failing to process. Successful uploads may take longer than usual to become available. We’re investigating and will share another update as we learn more.

    Affected components

    File uploads (Degraded performance)

Source

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