# ChatGPT: Elevated Errors for Thinking mode in ChatGPT 

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-08-20 13:56 UTC · Resolved: 2026-08-20 16:51 UTC · Duration: 2.9 h
- Updates: 4 · Affected components: Conversations, Image Generation, ChatGPT Work
- [Vendor status page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M0FQAR3NNH3ANVTQMBRD47DC](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M0FQAR3NNH3ANVTQMBRD47DC)
- [Company: ChatGPT](https://rewindex.com/company/chatgpt.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **investigating** 2026-08-20 13:56 UTC: We are investigating an issue causing some users to experience errors when using Thinking in ChatGPT.
- **investigating** 2026-08-20 14:12 UTC: We are investigating an issue causing some users to experience errors when using Thinking mode and Image Generation in ChatGPT.
- **monitoring** 2026-08-20 14:53 UTC: We have implemented a mitigation for the issue for elevated errors for Thinking Mode and Image Generation in ChatGPT/ChatGPT Work
- **resolved** 2026-08-20 16:51 UTC: All impacted services have now fully recovered.


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/chatgpt/incidents/01M0FQAR3NNH3ANVTQMBRD47DC · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/chatgpt/incidents/01M0FQAR3NNH3ANVTQMBRD47DC.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/chatgpt/incidents/01M0FQAR3NNH3ANVTQMBRD47DC · Generated 2026-10-18T11:40:23.755Z