# OpenAI: Chatgpt.com is down - all signups and logins are down as of right now

> OpenAI status incident “Chatgpt.com is down - all signups and logins are down as of right now” on 2026-08-20: impact minor (vendor’s label), 19 min, 5 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39
Last updated: 2026-08-20T00:54:17Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-08-20 00:35 UTC · Resolved: 2026-08-20 00:54 UTC · Duration: 19 min
- Updates: 5 · Affected components: Login
- [Vendor status page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39)
- [Company: OpenAI](https://rewindex.com/company/openai.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **identified** 2026-08-20 00:02 UTC: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- **identified** 2026-08-20 00:03 UTC: We have identified that users are experiencing login issues for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- **monitoring** 2026-08-20 00:25 UTC: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- **monitoring** 2026-08-20 00:35 UTC: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- **resolved** 2026-08-20 00:54 UTC: All impacted services have now fully recovered.

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by OpenAI, started 2026-08-20 00:35 UTC, resolved after 19 min, 5 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39
- Citation: OpenAI, “Chatgpt.com is down - all signups and logins are down as of right now” (2026-08-20 00:35 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[OpenAI: Chatgpt.com is down - all signups and logins are down as of right now (2026-08-20)](https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/openai/incidents/01M0E7K87VJNMGW0QTMHPEQQ39 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T14:52:08.412Z