OpenAI incident: GPT-image-2.5 and 2.6 Sunburst & Flare High error rate

1. resolvedNov 12, 2026, 09:25 UTC

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

2. monitoringNov 12, 2026, 09:18 UTC

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

3. identifiedNov 12, 2026, 08:58 UTC

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for GPT-image-2.5 Sunburst / Flare, and 2.6 Sunburst / Flare. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

4. identifiedNov 12, 2026, 08:52 UTC

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for GPT-image-2.5 Sunburst and Flare. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Nov 12, 2026, 08:36 UTCmajor outage → operational
• Nov 12, 2026, 08:56 UTCoperational → degraded
• Nov 12, 2026, 09:26 UTCdegraded → operational

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