OpenAI outage on May 3 — 102d 18h disruption
May 3, 12:14 PM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 102d 18h · high
A high-severity service disruption affected OpenAI, detected through automated monitoring signals. The incident began on May 3, 2026, and was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
During the 102-day and 18-hour period, OpenAI experienced a high-severity disruption. This incident was identified via automated signals, including the vendor's status page and synthetic probes. No user-reported data was collected or recorded for this specific incident. Therefore, no information regarding specific affected features, regions, or issue types from user reports is available.
Incident timeline
- May 3, 12:14 PM
PulseWatch detected the incident from automated vendor and probe signals (high severity)
- May 3, 12:43 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 12:48 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 3, 12:53 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 01:03 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 3, 01:08 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 01:18 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 3, 01:23 PM
Status updated: major issue
- May 3, 01:33 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 3, 01:38 PM
Status updated: major issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Signals cleared — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 3, 12:14 PM
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.