Minor impactResolvedAI/ML

OpenAI incident: ChatGPT Work and Dots Errors

OpenAI reported this minor-impact incident on its official status page on Nov 5, 2026, 15:25 UTC. It was resolved after 13h 7m.

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Nov 5, 2026, 15:25 UTC
started
Nov 6, 2026, 04:31 UTC
resolved
13h 7m
duration
Minor
impact
  1. resolvedNov 6, 2026, 04:31 UTC

    All affected services are operating normally again. We’re sorry for the disruption, and we appreciate your patience.

  2. monitoringNov 5, 2026, 17:05 UTC

    We’ve applied a mitigation and are monitoring the affected services to confirm recovery.

  3. identifiedNov 5, 2026, 16:57 UTC

    We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

  4. investigatingNov 5, 2026, 16:26 UTC

    We’re investigating a potential issue for the listed services and checking how it affects users. We’ll share an update when we know more.

  5. investigatingNov 5, 2026, 15:30 UTC

    We’re investigating a potential issue for the listed services and checking how it affects users. We’ll share an update when we know more.

  6. investigatingNov 5, 2026, 15:25 UTC

    We’re investigating a potential issue for the listed services and checking how it affects users. We’ll share an update when we know more.

What APIStatus.watch saw

  • Nov 5, 2026, 15:26 UTCoperational → degraded
  • Nov 5, 2026, 17:06 UTCdegraded → operational

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