# OpenAI API outage reports and status

Canonical page: https://iszdown.com/now/openai-api

Status: Provider reports operational

24-hour window (UTC): 2026-10-18T06:30:00.000Z to 2026-10-19T06:30:00.000Z

Recorded outage reports in this window: 0

Last successful estimated-activity check: No usable observation available

The OpenAI API provides developer access to OpenAI models. API error reports are tracked separately from the ChatGPT and Codex applications.

## How to interpret this page

Estimated down reports are based on US Google Trends problem-intent searches. Values are relative activity from 0 to 100, not counts of submitted reports. The HTML chart averages samples into ten-minute intervals. Partial samples are excluded and missing samples are not invented.

Recorded outage reports and estimated activity are separate signals. Neither confirms that every user is affected. Missing or stale data does not establish that a service is working.

Methodology: https://iszdown.com/methodology

## Citation

Cite [OpenAI API on Iszdown](https://iszdown.com/now/openai-api), include your access time and the observation time above, and qualify estimated activity as an estimate. Recheck before describing current status. Iszdown is independent of the monitored provider.

## Estimated activity samples

No usable Google Trends samples are available for this service in this window.

## Evidence and recovery

Provider reports operational. Mapped components are operational in the latest official feed; individual experiences can vary.

No recent recovery can be established from available evidence.

## Website measurements

Successful sampled checks (24h): Unknown (0/0). Restricted checks: 4. Median response: Unknown ms. P95 response: Unknown ms.

These are sampled public website checks from one US server, not continuous uptime or authenticated app/API tests. Missing data stays unknown.

## Official provider evidence

Source: https://status.openai.com; fetched 2026-10-19T06:33:04.000Z.

- Chat Completions: operational
- Responses: operational
- Agents: operational
- Decisions: operational
- Fine-tuning: operational
- Embeddings: operational
- Images: operational
- Batch: operational
- Audio: operational
- Moderations: operational
- Realtime: operational
- Files: operational
- Login: operational
- Live: operational

- [Errors processing large PDFs in the Responses API](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M48Y8E81QAFF9XKVGE118E6X): resolved; updated 2026-10-06T20:11:27Z
- [Elevated errors affecting multiple products including ChatGPT (conversations), Image generations, Spaces and Pages, API rehydration, and Dots.](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M47HC9SGHGFPBN44KGC6SKAQ): resolved; updated 2026-10-06T03:17:12Z
- [Elevated errors in API Platform login and administration APIs.](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M47AFBNRNXKJWN549T3PMYV8): resolved; updated 2026-10-06T01:35:53Z


## Related services

- [ChatGPT](https://iszdown.com/now/chatgpt)
- [Codex](https://iszdown.com/now/codex)
- [DALL·E](https://iszdown.com/now/dall-e)
- [OpenAI](https://iszdown.com/now/openai)
- [Sora](https://iszdown.com/now/sora)