ChatGPT outage on November 8, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On November 8, 2026, OpenAI / ChatGPT had degraded performance between 18:38 and 16:06 UTC, about 3.9 d in total. The vendor posted 2 incidents.
Timeline（UTC）
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Elevated error rates with some U.S. business Mastercards
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Elevated errors with image generation
- MeasuredModelBank probes detect degraded performance
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Elevated errors with image generation
- MeasuredProbes back to normal (lasted 1.8 h)
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Elevated error rates with some U.S. business Mastercards
Hourly measurements (UTC)
Official updates（UTC）
- identified**Investigating** — We’re seeing payment declines on some U.S. business Mastercards, including some Brex cards. For API customers, this can prevent automatic recharges and one-time credit purchases. If your prepaid balance runs out, your API requests may fail. If you use one of these cards, we recommend adding a card from a different issuer before your next payment, even if you haven’t seen a decline. If an API credit purchase has already failed, use the new card to retry the purchase. We’re working with our payment partners and will share updates here.
- identifiedInvestigating — We’re seeing payment declines on some U.S. business Mastercards, including some Brex cards. For API customers, this can prevent automatic recharges and one-time credit purchases. If your prepaid balance runs out, your API requests may fail. If you use one of these cards, we recommend adding a card from a different issuer before your next payment, even if you haven’t seen a decline. If an API credit purchase has already failed, use the new card to retry the purchase. We’re working with our payment partners and will share updates here.
- monitoringWe’ve applied a mitigation and are monitoring the affected services to confirm recovery.
- identifiedWe have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- resolvedAll affected services are operating normally again. We’re sorry for the disruption, and we appreciate your patience.
ChatGPT reliability lately
Measured availability over the last 30 days: 99.47%; 29 days with an outage or degradation in the last 90 days.
Previous outages: 2026-11-05 · 2026-11-03 · 2026-10-30 · 2026-10-27 · 2026-10-23 · 2026-10-22
Alternatives while ChatGPT is down
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FAQ
Was ChatGPT down on November 8, 2026?
On November 8, 2026, OpenAI / ChatGPT had degraded performance between 18:38 and 16:06 UTC, about 3.9 d in total. The vendor posted 2 incidents.
Why was ChatGPT down?
The vendor's own description: Elevated error rates with some U.S. business Mastercards; Elevated errors with image generation. See the official status page for the root cause.
Is ChatGPT working now?
It is still down right now. Live status: https://modelbank.ai/status/openai (tested every 2 minutes).
What can I use instead when ChatGPT is down?
Switch temporarily to Claude, Gemini, Grok, Le Chat, Command, Perplexity API — check on ModelBank that they are up first.
Does ChatGPT go down often?
Measured availability over the last 30 days: 99.47%; 29 days with an outage or degradation in the last 90 days.
How do I hear about the next outage first?
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Sources: ModelBank's probes every 2 minutes and ChatGPT's official status page. Please cite this page when quoting.