Cursor incident: Elevated errors for OpenAI Models

Affected components

• Automations
• CLI
• Cloud Agents
• IDE

1. resolvedSep 3, 2026, 17:05 UTC

   Elevated errors affecting OpenAI models have been resolved. Service has been restored.

2. investigatingSep 3, 2026, 15:17 UTC

   An upstream OpenAI issue is causing elevated errors for ChatGPT. Some users may experience errors or failed Agent turns. We're monitoring recovery and will provide updates.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Cursor's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Cursor have incidents?

Cursor reported 50 incidents in the last 90 days, 15 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 8m. See Cursor's uptime and incident history