OpenAI outage on May 3 — 102d 13h disruption
May 3, 05:15 PM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 102d 13h · medium
An incident affecting OpenAI was detected by automated monitoring systems. The issue began on May 3, 2026, and was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
This incident, classified as medium severity, affected the OpenAI service for a duration of 102 days and 13 hours. The disruption was detected through automated signals, including the vendor's own status page. No user-reported data was collected for this incident, and therefore no information regarding specific affected features, regions, or issue types is available from user reports.
Incident timeline
- May 3, 05:15 PM
PulseWatch detected the incident from automated vendor and probe signals (medium severity)
- May 3, 05:43 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Signals cleared — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 3, 05:15 PM
OpenAI status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Slow / unresponsive clustered from 2 sources across 14 signals. Suppressed 13 redundant alerts and flagged flapping behavior.