OpenAI outage — August 20, 2026
Elevated Errors for Thinking mode in ChatGPT
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a confirmed disruption, detected on August 20, 2026. 503Radar’s sensors raised the first signal at 09:54 UTC, 4h 13m before the official status page acknowledged impact.
Key facts
| Detected | August 20, 2026 · 09:54 UTC |
| Confirmed | 14:08 UTC · lead time 4h 13m |
| Service | ChatGPT |
| Official record | https://status.openai.com |
Timeline
- 09:54Z
Detected · Signal
6 crowd signals for ChatGPT on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold. - 14:08Z
Confirmed · Official
An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event — 4h 13m after detection.
How this was detected
1 independent evidence class for chatgpt on OPENAI. 6 crowd reports across bluesky (single platform — not corroborating), z=-0.0σ vs the cell baseline. Official notice confirms it, 4h 13m after the crowd.