Auto-drafted postmortem
OpenAI: vendor-reported major incident on October 7 (tracked 7h 9m)
Oct 7, 05:36 AM → Oct 7, 12:46 PM · 7h 9m · high
OpenAI reported a major-impact incident on its own status page. PulseWatch followed the vendor's status page and did not independently confirm the incident. PulseWatch tracked this incident for 7 hours and 9 minutes, closing tracking on October 7, 2026, at 12:46 UTC.
Duration
7h 9m
tracked by PulseWatch
Impact
PulseWatch recorded no user reports for this incident and therefore cannot describe what users experienced. Information about this incident is derived solely from OpenAI's status page.
Incident timeline
- Oct 7, 05:36 AM
The vendor reported a major-impact incident on its own status page; PulseWatch began tracking it
- Oct 7, 05:36 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- Oct 7, 12:46 PM
PulseWatch closed the incident
Official updates
- Oct 7, 05:36 AM
OpenAI reported the incident on its status page.
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