Is OpenAI down?
Updated Sep 23, 2026 16:27 UTC. StatusBird re-checks OpenAI's status page every 2 minutes.
OpenAI is currently operational as of Sep 23, 2026 16:27 UTC, with no outage reported on its official status page. StatusBird reads OpenAI's status page every 2 minutes and, on the Pro plan, alerts subscribers by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord within that cycle; the free email alert on this page covers major and critical outages with no account.
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OpenAI 30-day uptime
Based on checks every 2 minutes over the past 30 days.
How do I get notified when OpenAI has an outage?
Three options, from free to full coverage. Plan details are as published on StatusBird's pricing page and status.openai.com as of September 23, 2026.
- Free email alert on this page. The form above emails you when OpenAI enters a major or critical outage and again when it recovers. No account, no card.
- A StatusBird account. The free plan monitors 1 service with a live dashboard and a day-after incident digest. Pro ($29/month) checks all 84 services every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord, with quiet hours and per-service thresholds; Business is $49/month and Agency $99/month. Create a free account.
- OpenAI's own status page. status.openai.com offers the subscription options on status.openai.com, where available. It is the official record and worth subscribing to alongside any monitor; it updates when OpenAI confirms an incident.
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About OpenAI
Model vendor. StatusBird's own AI-assisted features depend on Anthropic; the rest are monitored because PositionBird and ShopBird, and many merchants' tools, call them.
StatusBird monitors OpenAI every 2 minutes, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. When an outage or degradation is detected, StatusBird sends instant alerts so you can act before your customers notice. The 30-day uptime percentage and incident history above reflect live data from our monitoring network.
StatusBird's own AI-assisted features call a model vendor, so it publishes what it does when one is unavailable: what happens when an AI vendor is down. Alerts are not affected: they never depend on a model.
OpenAI recent incidents
StatusBird recorded zero major or critical OpenAI incidents between August 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026, across checks every 2 minutes.
OpenAI status FAQ
Is OpenAI down right now?
No. As of Sep 23, 2026 16:27 UTC, OpenAI is fully operational with no outages reported.
Is OpenAI having an outage today?
No incidents have been detected for OpenAI in the past 30 days.
Why is OpenAI not working?
If OpenAI is not working for you, first check the status above to confirm whether it is a widespread outage or something specific to your account. If OpenAI shows as operational but you are still having issues, the problem may be on your end. Try clearing your cache, checking your API keys, or contacting OpenAI support.
How do I get notified when OpenAI goes down?
Use the free email alert form on this page (no account), open a StatusBird account (free for 1 service with a next-day digest; Pro at $29/month checks every 2 minutes and alerts by SMS, email, Slack, Teams or Discord), or subscribe to OpenAI's own status page.
What should I do when OpenAI goes down?
When OpenAI goes down, the first step is to confirm it is a widespread outage and not isolated to your account. Check this page for live status, notify your team, and if customer-facing features are affected, consider posting a status update to your customers while you wait for the service to recover. StatusBird will alert you automatically the moment OpenAI comes back online.
How reliable is OpenAI?
OpenAI has maintained 100.00% uptime over the past 30 days based on StatusBird’s monitoring. That is excellent reliability.
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"Every figure we publish comes from the same 2-minute checks that trigger our customers' alerts. We publish the data exactly as we measured it, and anyone is free to cite it."
Sydney Murphy, founder of StatusBird
Cite this data: StatusBird monitoring data, https://statusbird.io/status/openai, accessed September 23, 2026. See the methodology for how these numbers are measured.
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