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OpenAI: Major incident: ChatGPT Work seeing elevated errors and latency
Summary
ChatGPT Work had a major incident starting 2026-08-31 15:04 UTC, lasting 5 h 23 min and resolving at 2026-08-31 20:28 UTC. Elevated errors and latency prevented users across multiple subscription plans from starting or continuing tasks; Plus users were particularly impacted, with Work mode unavailable. OpenAI applied a mitigation and reported full recovery.
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What changed
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After: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated latency for the impacted services.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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After: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. Plus users are particularly impacted, where Work mode is currently unavailable.
We are working on implementing a mitigation.
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After: User across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks in ChatGPT Work. We are continuing to work on a mitigation.
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After: User across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks in ChatGPT Work. We
We are continuing work on implementing a mitigation.
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After: User across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks in ChatGPT Work.
We are continuing work on implementing a mitigation.
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After: User across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks in ChatGPT Work.
We are continuing work on implementing a mitigation.
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After: We have applied a mitigation and are monitoring recovery.
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After: All impacted services have now fully recovered.
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History of this incident
| When (UTC) | Change | Kind |
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| Major incident: ChatGPT Work seeing elevated errors and latency (this change) ChatGPT Work had a major incident starting 2026-08-31 15:04 UTC, lasting 5 h 23 min and resolving at 2026-08-31 20:28 UTC. Elevated errors and latency prevented users across multiple subscription plans from starting or continuing tasks; Plus users were particularly impacted, with Work mode unavailable. OpenAI applied a mitigation and reported full recovery. | Major incident |