OpenAI outage on May 1 — 104d 7h disruption
May 1, 11:00 PM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 104d 7h · high
On May 1, 2026, OpenAI experienced a service disruption. This incident, characterized by slow and unresponsive alerts, was detected by automated monitoring systems. The issue was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
During the 104-day, 7-hour high-severity incident affecting OpenAI, users may have experienced slow or unresponsive service. This disruption was identified through automated signals, including the vendor's status page and synthetic probes. No user-reported data was collected for this incident, meaning there is no information regarding specific features, regions, or issue types reported by users.
Incident timeline
- May 1, 11:00 PM
PulseWatch detected the incident from automated vendor and probe signals (high severity)
- May 1, 11:23 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Signals cleared — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 1, 11:00 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.