OpenAI incident: Issues with data analysis and file creation in ChatGPT

1. resolvedOct 2, 2026, 16:51 UTC

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

2. monitoringOct 2, 2026, 16:03 UTC

   Some users experienced errors when running code, analyzing data or creating files in ChatGPT. We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 2, 2026, 16:05 UTCoperational → degraded
• Oct 2, 2026, 16:55 UTCdegraded → operational

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