503RADARINCIDENT ARCHIVEMETHODOLOGY
RESOLVED

OpenAI outage — July 30, 2026

Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT conversations

OpenAI’s ChatGPT was disrupted for 9h 16m on July 30, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 06:53 UTC, 7h 44m before the official status page acknowledged impact.

Key facts

DetectedJuly 30, 2026 · 06:53 UTC
Confirmed14:38 UTC · lead time 7h 44m
Resolved16:09 UTC
Duration9h 16m
ServiceChatGPT
Official recordhttps://status.openai.com

Timeline

  1. 06:53Z

    Detected · Signal

    7 crowd signals for ChatGPT on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold.
  2. 14:38Z

    Confirmed · Official

    An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event — 7h 44m after detection.
  3. 16:09Z

    Resolved

    Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.

How this was detected

1 independent evidence class for chatgpt on OPENAI. 7 crowd reports across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=-0.3σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 7h 44m after the crowd.