ChangesOpenAIElevated errors for API image generation
OpenAI: Incident deleted: Elevated errors for API image generation
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Before captured 18:22 UTC
In the 2026-10-17 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on Oct 19, 23:18 UTC. Record hash
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History of this incident
TodayTuesday, October 20Tue, Oct 20
1 rewrite
- Deleted by OpenAIDeleted by the vendor
Elevated errors for API image generationthis change
Tuesday, July 21
1 incident change
- OutageMajor incident
Elevated errors for API image generation
API image generation requests experienced elevated error rates in a major-impact incident from 2026-07-21 18:10 UTC to 2026-07-21 22:19 UTC, lasting 4 h 9 min. OpenAI applied mitigations and confirmed full recovery, with error rates back to normal.