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OpenAI: Major incident: Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare
Summary
OpenAI reported a major incident causing elevated errors for API image generation and editing requests using gpt-image-2.5-flare. It started at 2026-09-15 23:50 UTC and lasted 40 min, resolving at 2026-09-16 00:30 UTC. OpenAI applied a mitigation and confirmed full recovery.
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What changed
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After: Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare
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After: resolved
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After: 2026-09-15 23:50 UTC
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After: 2026-09-16 00:30 UTC
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After: We are experiencing elevated error rates for image generation and editing requests using gpt-image-2.5-flare in the API.
Our team is working to mitigate the issue. We will provide another update as more information becomes available.
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After: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the 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: Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare (this change) OpenAI reported a major incident causing elevated errors for API image generation and editing requests using gpt-image-2.5-flare. It started at 2026-09-15 23:50 UTC and lasted 40 min, resolving at 2026-09-16 00:30 UTC. OpenAI applied a mitigation and confirmed full recovery. | Major incident |