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OpenAI: We are seeing elevated error rates across API models

Affected components: ImagesBatchChat CompletionsAudioFine-tuningRealtimeFilesEmbeddingsModerationsResponsesLogin

Timeline of updates

1. identified2026-09-17 20:20 UTC

   We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.

2. monitoring2026-09-17 21:20 UTC

   We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

3. resolved2026-09-17 21:50 UTC

   All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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