OpenAI outage on May 2 103d 19h disruption
May 2, 11:23 AM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 103d 19h · high
On May 2, 2026, OpenAI experienced a high-severity service disruption. This incident was detected by automated monitoring signals, including the vendor's status page and synthetic probes. The disruption was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
A high-severity service disruption affected OpenAI for approximately 103 days and 19 hours, starting on May 2, 2026, and resolving on August 14, 2026. This incident was detected through automated signals, including the vendor's official status page and synthetic monitoring probes. No user-reported data was collected for this incident, and therefore, no specific user-visible features, regions, or issue types can be identified from user reports.
Incident timeline
- May 2, 11:23 AM
PulseWatch detected the incident from automated vendor and probe signals (high severity)
- May 2, 11:53 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 12:23 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 12:33 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 12:38 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 12:48 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 12:53 PM
Status updated: major issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Signals cleared — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 2, 11:23 AM
OpenAI status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Slow / unresponsive clustered from 2 sources across 18 signals. Suppressed 17 redundant alerts and flagged flapping behavior.