503RADARINCIDENT ARCHIVEMETHODOLOGY
LIVE · CONFIRMED

OpenAI outage — July 28, 2026

Elevated Image Generation Error Rate in ChatGPT

OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a confirmed disruption, detected on July 28, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 04:33 UTC, 10h 09m before the official status page acknowledged impact.

Key facts

DetectedJuly 28, 2026 · 04:33 UTC
Confirmed14:43 UTC · lead time 10h 09m
ServiceChatGPT
Official recordhttps://status.openai.com

Timeline

  1. 04:33Z

    Detected · Signal

    34 crowd signals for ChatGPT on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold.
  2. 14:43Z

    Confirmed · Official

    An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event — 10h 09m after detection.

How this was detected

2 independent evidence classes for chatgpt on OPENAI. 34 crowd reports across bluesky (independent class), z=+5.6σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 10h 09m after the crowd.