OpenAI outage — July 16, 2026
Elevated Error Rates For SSO Login
OpenAI’s Multiple services has a confirmed disruption, detected on July 16, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 02:38 UTC, 5h 59m before the official status page acknowledged impact.
Key facts
| Detected | July 16, 2026 · 02:38 UTC |
| Confirmed | 08:38 UTC · lead time 5h 59m |
| Service | Multiple services |
| Official record | https://status.openai.com |
Timeline
- 02:38Z
Detected · Signal
7 crowd signals for Multiple services on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold. - 08:38Z
Confirmed · Official
An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event — 5h 59m after detection.
What people reported
“GPT-5.6’s reported 136 appears to come from TrackingAI’s offline IQ-style test, not Mensa Norway—and that makes the headline score far less straightforward than”bluesky_jetstream · 02:18 UTC
“🚨 衝撃速報｜OpenAI、初のハードウェア『Codex Micro』を$230で発売🔥 Apple提訴の渦中でも新展開。AIチップ搭載の謎端末、その正体とは？ https://note.com/shibataku_ai/n/n965ea6f5c5ff #AI #生成AI”bluesky_jetstream · 03:03 UTC
“O M G...greed idiocy doubles down... --- futurism.com/artificial-i...”@davidtdorais.bsky.social · 03:57 UTC
“🟡 Cursor is degraded. Can you vibe? Not on Cursor right now. "Investigating GPT-5.6 Sol degradation" Live status: https://canivibe.ai/is/cursor-down”bluesky_jetstream · 05:32 UTC
“🟠 OpenAI is reporting a Partial Outage since 08:36 UTC "Elevated Error Rates For SSO Login" Affects: Login Live timeline → https://pingoru.io/providers/opena”bluesky_jetstream · 08:48 UTC
“A benchmark should choose the next test, not the next model. TrackingAI’s 136 for GPT-5.6 SOL/TERRA is a strong signal—but one small offline run cannot set a pr”bluesky_jetstream · 10:07 UTC
How this was detected
1 independent evidence class for Multiple services on OPENAI. 7 crowd reports across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=-0.3σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 5h 59m after the crowd.