OpenAI outage on May 2 — 104-day disruption
May 2, 05:15 AM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 104d 1h · medium
An incident affecting OpenAI services was detected through automated monitoring. The disruption began on May 2, 2026, and was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
A medium-severity incident affecting OpenAI services was detected, lasting approximately 104 days and 1 hour. This disruption was identified through automated signals, including the vendor's status page. No user-reported data was collected for this incident, and therefore, specific user-visible impacts such as affected features, regions, or issue types could not be determined from user reports.
Incident timeline
- May 2, 05:15 AM
PulseWatch detected the incident from automated vendor and probe signals (medium severity)
- May 2, 05:43 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Signals cleared — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 2, 05:15 AM
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.