OpenAI outage — June 9, 2026
Image generation unavailable in ChatGPT
OpenAI’s ChatGPT was disrupted for 42d 9h on June 9, 2026.
Key facts
| Detected | June 9, 2026 · 12:47 UTC |
| Confirmed | 13:07 UTC |
| Resolved | 22:44 UTC |
| Duration | 42d 9h |
| Service | ChatGPT |
Timeline
- 12:47Z
Detected · Signal
20 crowd signals for ChatGPT on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold. - 13:07Z
Confirmed · Official
An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event the same cycle. - 22:44Z
Resolved
Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.
What people reported
“🟠 OpenAI is reporting a Partial Outage since 10:36 UTC "Image generation unavailable for some ChatGPT users" Affects: Image Generation Live timeline → https:”bluesky_jetstream · 10:46 UTC
“ChatGPT / OpenAI is reportedly down for hundreds of users right now. Are you one of them? #ChatGPTdown #ChatGPT #OpenAIDown”@statusisdown.bsky.social · 12:22 UTC
“🟠 Is ChatGPT down? For some people, yes — image generation unavailable in ChatGPT as of 5:24 am PT. As of now, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot aren't reporting iss”@aidowntoday.bsky.social · 12:24 UTC
“Kids can figure shit out. I figured shit out when I was a kid and if I didn't know I asked. Even if kids today are completely brainrotted and can only ask ChatG”@fredrikhathen.bsky.social · 12:35 UTC
“After 2-3 months of exclusively using Claude, I tried to use ChatGPT for a simple image generation task this morning. It couldn't do it. Kept running into err”bluesky_jetstream · 12:36 UTC
“Nick Sirianni was actually voted Type of Guy Most Likely To Fall Down A ChatGPT Rabbit Hole”bluesky_jetstream · 13:28 UTC
How this was detected
1 independent evidence class for chatgpt on OPENAI. 21 crowd reports across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=+0.9σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it.