OpenAI incident: Computer Use Is Experiencing Issues

1. resolvedOct 6, 2026, 20:00 UTC

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

2. investigatingOct 6, 2026, 17:15 UTC

   We are investigating issues for agents api and computer use.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Oct 6, 2026, 20:13 UTCdegraded → operational

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How often does OpenAI have incidents?

OpenAI reported 28 incidents in the last 90 days, 5 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 55 min. See OpenAI's uptime and incident history