OpenAI incident: Elevated Errors On API

1. resolvedNov 9, 2026, 23:50 UTC

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

2. identifiedNov 9, 2026, 23:08 UTC

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

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Nov 9, 2026, 23:11 UTCoperational → degraded
• Nov 9, 2026, 23:51 UTCdegraded → operational

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