OpenAI outage on May 2 — 103d 9h disruption
May 2, 09:15 PM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 103d 9h · medium
An incident affecting OpenAI services was detected by automated monitoring systems. The disruption began on May 2, 2026, and was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
During the 103-day, 9-hour period from May 2, 2026, to August 14, 2026, OpenAI services experienced a medium-severity disruption. This incident was identified through automated signals, including the vendor's own status page and synthetic probes. No user-reported data was collected for this incident.
Incident timeline
- May 2, 09:15 PM
PulseWatch detected the incident from automated vendor and probe signals (medium severity)
- May 2, 09:43 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Signals cleared — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 2, 09:15 PM
OpenAI status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Slow / unresponsive clustered from 2 sources across 10 signals. Suppressed 9 redundant alerts and flagged flapping behavior.