OpenAI outage — August 31, 2026
ChatGPT Work seeing elevated errors and latency
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a confirmed disruption, detected on August 31, 2026.
Key facts
| Detected | August 31, 2026 · 15:04 UTC |
| Confirmed | 15:04 UTC |
| Service | ChatGPT |
| Official record | https://status.openai.com |
Timeline
- 15:04Z
Detected · Signal
11 crowd signals for ChatGPT on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold. - 15:04Z
Confirmed · Official
An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event the same cycle.
Evidence
| Official status feed | degraded (changed 15:04 UTC) |
| Anomaly score | +4.39σ 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. 10 crowd reports across bluesky (independent class), z=+4.4σ vs the cell baseline; 1 press mention (corroboration). Official notice confirms it.