OpenAI outage on May 1 104d 8h disruption
May 1, 10:47 PM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 104d 8h · high
A high-severity service disruption affected OpenAI starting on May 1, 2026. This incident resulted in a prolonged period of unavailability for the service. The disruption was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
During the incident, OpenAI experienced a high-severity service disruption lasting approximately 104 days and 8 hours. This prolonged period of unavailability meant that the service was not operational. No user-reported data, including specific features affected, regional impact, or issue types, was collected or recorded for this incident. The disruption was detected through automated monitoring signals.
Incident timeline
- May 1, 10:47 PM
PulseWatch detected the incident from automated vendor and probe signals (high severity)
- May 1, 11:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Signals cleared — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 10:47 PM
OpenAI status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Website down clustered from 2 sources across 22 signals. Suppressed 21 redundant alerts and flagged flapping behavior.