OpenAI outage — August 5, 2026
Issues with Custom GPT actions
OpenAI’s Multiple services has a confirmed disruption, detected on August 5, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 03:53 UTC, 11h 14m before the official status page acknowledged impact.
Key facts
| Detected | August 5, 2026 · 03:53 UTC |
| Confirmed | 15:08 UTC · lead time 11h 14m |
| Service | Multiple services |
| Official record | https://status.openai.com |
Timeline
- 03:53Z
Detected · Signal
7 crowd signals for Multiple services on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold. - 15:08Z
Confirmed · Official
An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event — 11h 14m after detection.
How this was detected
1 independent evidence class for Multiple services on OPENAI. 7 crowd reports across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=+2.3σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 11h 14m after the crowd.