Degraded
ChatGPT outage on October 26, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On October 26, 2026, OpenAI / ChatGPT had degraded performance between 18:19 and 18:30 UTC, about 12 min in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
Timeline (UTC)
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests
- MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests
- MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 10 min)
Hourly measurements (UTC)
00:0012:0023:00
Also affected that day: Kimi
Was ChatGPT down on October 26, 2026?
On October 26, 2026, OpenAI / ChatGPT had degraded performance between 18:19 and 18:30 UTC, about 12 min in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
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