# 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. _(machine-written, sol)_
- Kind: Major incident · Label: outage (model (Jev))
- Changed: 2026-09-15 23:50 UTC · Detected: 2026-10-17 18:22 UTC
- [Source: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M2KQNE5C42NEZPX6V01NHH5W](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M2KQNE5C42NEZPX6V01NHH5W)
- [Company: OpenAI](https://rewindex.com/company/openai.md)
- Versions: before (none: first archived) → after incident\_version:31/01M2KQNE5C42NEZPX6V01NHH5W@4c6aa14c4ce2
- Change 1 of 1 for this incident

## What changed

**1. Added: Title**

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+ Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare
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**2. Added: Impact**

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+ major
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**3. Added: Status**

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+ resolved
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**4. Added: Start time**

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+ 2026-09-15 23:50 UTC
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**5. Added: Resolved time**

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+ 2026-09-16 00:30 UTC
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**6. Added: Update** (investigating) · 2026-09-15 23:50 UTC

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+ 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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**7. Added: Update** (monitoring) · 2026-09-15 23:58 UTC

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+ We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
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**8. Added: Update** (resolved) · 2026-09-16 00:30 UTC

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+ All impacted services have now fully recovered.
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## History of this incident

| When (UTC) | Change | Label |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-15 23:50 UTC | Major incident: Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare (this change) | outage |

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