OpenAI outage — September 3, 2026
Elevated errors across ChatGPT and Codex
OpenAI’s ChatGPT has a confirmed disruption, detected on September 3, 2026.
Key facts
| Detected | September 3, 2026 · 03:38 UTC |
| Confirmed | 14:58 UTC |
| Service | ChatGPT |
| Official record | https://status.openai.com |
Timeline
- 03:38Z
Detected · Signal
39 crowd signals for ChatGPT on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold. - 14:58Z
Confirmed · Official
An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event the same cycle.
Evidence
| Official status feed | degraded (changed 14:58 UTC) |
| Anomaly score | +79.48σ above this cell's own baseline |
| Engine confidence | 95% |
Outage-related signals per hour over the live window, oldest → newest (peak 33).
How this was detected
2 independent evidence classes for chatgpt on OPENAI. 153 crowd reports across bluesky, hn_comments, mastodon, telegram (independent class), z=+79.5σ vs the cell baseline; 1 press mention (corroboration). Official notice confirms it.