OpenAI outage — August 31, 2026
Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free and Go plans
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a confirmed disruption, detected on August 31, 2026.
Key facts
| Detected | August 31, 2026 · 23:54 UTC |
| Confirmed | 00:38 UTC |
| Service | ChatGPT |
| Official record | https://status.openai.com |
Timeline
- 23:54Z
Detected · Signal
30 crowd signals for ChatGPT on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold. - 00:38Z
Confirmed · Official
An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event the same cycle.
Evidence
| Telegram | 1 outage-related post in the live window |
| Official status feed | degraded (changed 00:38 UTC) |
| Anomaly score | +6.03σ above this cell's own baseline |
| Engine confidence | 95% |
Outage-related signals per hour over the live window, oldest → newest (peak 5).
How this was detected
2 independent evidence classes for chatgpt on OPENAI. 29 crowd reports across bluesky, mastodon, telegram (independent class), z=+6.0σ vs the cell baseline; 1 press mention (corroboration). Official notice confirms it.