OpenAI / ChatGPT
Degraded

ChatGPT outage on October 22, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted

On October 22, 2026, OpenAI / ChatGPT had degraded performance between 02:18 and 00:07 UTC, about 21.8 h in total. The vendor posted 3 incidents.

Live status

Timeline (UTC)

  1. OfficialOfficial incident posted: Elevated ChatGPT conversation and Responses API errors
  2. OfficialOfficially resolved: Elevated ChatGPT conversation and Responses API errors
  3. OfficialOfficial incident posted: Degraded Performance of Dots on Enterprise
  4. OfficialOfficial incident posted: New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins
  5. OfficialOfficially resolved: Degraded Performance of Dots on Enterprise
  6. OfficialOfficially resolved: New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins

Hourly measurements (UTC)

00:0012:0023:00
Was ChatGPT down on October 22, 2026?

On October 22, 2026, OpenAI / ChatGPT had degraded performance between 02:18 and 00:07 UTC, about 21.8 h in total. The vendor posted 3 incidents.

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