OpenAI incident: Elevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plans

1. resolvedNov 5, 2026, 00:32 UTC

   All affected services are operating normally again. We’re sorry for the disruption, and we appreciate your patience.

2. monitoringNov 4, 2026, 22:49 UTC

   We’ve applied a mitigation and are monitoring the affected services to confirm recovery.

3. identifiedNov 4, 2026, 22:38 UTC

   Some users on paid ChatGPT plans may see errors when sending messages. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

What APIStatus.watch saw

• Nov 4, 2026, 22:39 UTCoperational → degraded
• Nov 4, 2026, 22:54 UTCdegraded → operational

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