OpenAI outage: Widespread feature degradation

1. resolvedOct 15, 2026, 18:56 UTC

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

2. monitoringOct 15, 2026, 17:13 UTC

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

3. investigatingOct 15, 2026, 16:35 UTC

   We are investigating widespread feature degradation, including issues affecting logins and signups in the ChatGPT iOS/Android apps. We will provide updates as we learn more.

4. investigatingOct 15, 2026, 16:29 UTC

   We are investigating an issue affecting logins and signups across all ChatGPT mobile applications. We will provide updates as we learn more.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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

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