Major impactResolvedAI/ML

OpenAI outage: Some ChatGPT content may be unavailable on Android

OpenAI reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on Oct 9, 2026, 21:00 UTC. It was resolved after 3h 26m.

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Oct 9, 2026, 21:00 UTC
started
Oct 10, 2026, 00:26 UTC
resolved
3h 26m
duration
Major
impact
  1. resolvedOct 10, 2026, 00:26 UTC

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

  2. identifiedOct 9, 2026, 21:00 UTC

    We have identified an issue affecting the ChatGPT Android app where users may see “This content is unavailable in this version of the app” instead of certain content. A fix is rolling out gradually in the latest Android version. Users can use ChatGPT on the web while we work to restore the experience for older app versions.

What APIStatus.watch saw

  • Oct 9, 2026, 21:03 UTCdegraded → partial outage
  • Oct 10, 2026, 00:27 UTCpartial outage → degraded

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