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OpenAI: Major incident: Issues with logins and signups

Summary

OpenAI reported a major outage affecting ChatGPT and API Platform logins and account creation, plus API Platform organization management and dashboard access. It started at 2026-07-21 18:36 UTC and was resolved at 2026-07-21 19:00 UTC, lasting 23 min; the final update confirmed full recovery of affected API Platform functionality.

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Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 99%)Changed Detected Source: status.openai.com

What changed

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After: We are investigating issues affecting logins and account creation for ChatGPT and the API Platform. Users who are already signed in may still be able to use ChatGPT.
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After: We are seeing recovery for API Platform login functionality. Account creation, organization management, and dashboard access remain affected. We are continuing to investigate.
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After: The affected API Platform functionality has recovered, including login, account creation, organization management, and dashboard access. We are monitoring the recovery.
AddedUpdateresolved#9
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After: All affected API Platform functionality has now fully recovered.

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History of this incident

When (UTC)ChangeKind
Major incident: Issues with logins and signups (this change)
OpenAI reported a major outage affecting ChatGPT and API Platform logins and account creation, plus API Platform organization management and dashboard access. It started at 2026-07-21 18:36 UTC and was resolved at 2026-07-21 19:00 UTC, lasting 23 min; the final update confirmed full recovery of affected API Platform functionality.
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