Degraded
ChatGPT outage on October 23, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On October 23, 2026, OpenAI / ChatGPT had degraded performance between 19:36 and 23:44 UTC, about 1.2 d in total. The vendor posted 4 incidents.
Timeline (UTC)
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins
- OfficialOfficially resolved: New Ad Accounts failing to provision admins
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Delays in customer support responses
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Delays in customer support responses
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Help Center Chat Support Degraded
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Help Center Chat Support Degraded
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD
- MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD
- MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 50 min)
Hourly measurements (UTC)
00:0012:0023:00
Was ChatGPT down on October 23, 2026?
On October 23, 2026, OpenAI / ChatGPT had degraded performance between 19:36 and 23:44 UTC, about 1.2 d in total. The vendor posted 4 incidents.
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