# OpenAI: Elevated Image Generation Error Rate in ChatGPT

> OpenAI status incident “Elevated Image Generation Error Rate in ChatGPT” on 2026-07-28: impact minor (vendor’s label), 36 min, 3 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N
Last updated: 2026-07-28T15:15:32Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-07-28 14:39 UTC · Resolved: 2026-07-28 15:15 UTC · Duration: 36 min
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: Image Generation
- [Vendor status page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N)
- [Company: OpenAI](https://rewindex.com/company/openai.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **identified** 2026-07-28 14:39 UTC: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- **monitoring** 2026-07-28 15:13 UTC: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- **resolved** 2026-07-28 15:15 UTC: All impacted services have now fully recovered.

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by OpenAI, started 2026-07-28 14:39 UTC, resolved after 36 min, 3 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N
- Citation: OpenAI, “Elevated Image Generation Error Rate in ChatGPT” (2026-07-28 14:39 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[OpenAI: Elevated Image Generation Error Rate in ChatGPT (2026-07-28)](https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/openai/incidents/01KYMJND2XYYBDVCF8DKA5DY3N · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T18:02:04.564Z