OpenAI outage on May 1 — 104d 10h disruption
May 1, 08:30 PM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 104d 10h · high
On May 1, 2026, the OpenAI service experienced a period of high severity disruption. This incident was detected by automated monitoring systems. The service was fully restored on August 14, 2026.
Impact
The OpenAI service experienced a high severity disruption lasting 104 days and 10 hours. This incident was identified through automated monitoring and vendor status page alerts. No user-reported data was collected for this incident, therefore specific user-visible impacts such as affected features, regions, or issue types could not be determined from user reports.
Incident timeline
- May 1, 08:30 PM
PulseWatch detected the incident from automated vendor and probe signals (high severity)
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Signals cleared — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 08:30 PM
OpenAI status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Slow / unresponsive clustered from 3 sources across 19 signals. Suppressed 18 redundant alerts and flagged flapping behavior.