503RADARINCIDENT ARCHIVEMETHODOLOGY
LIVE · CONFIRMED

OpenAI outage — August 14, 2026

Unexpected GPT-5.6 Terra responses

OpenAI’s Multiple services has a confirmed disruption, detected on August 14, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 11:09 UTC, 11h 14m before the official status page acknowledged impact.

Key facts

DetectedAugust 14, 2026 · 11:09 UTC
Confirmed22:23 UTC · lead time 11h 14m
ServiceMultiple services
Official recordhttps://status.openai.com

Timeline

  1. 11:09Z

    Detected · Signal

    5 crowd signals for Multiple services on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold.
  2. 22:23Z

    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. 5 crowd reports across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=+0.6σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 11h 14m after the crowd.