# OpenAI: Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests

> OpenAI status incident “Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests” on 2026-10-21: impact minor (vendor’s label), 1.1 h, 3 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N
Last updated: 2026-10-21T16:53:18Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved · edited after publishing
- Started: 2026-10-21 15:34 UTC · Resolved: 2026-10-21 16:44 UTC · Duration: 1.1 h
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: Chat Completions, Responses
- [Vendor status page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N)
- [Company: OpenAI](https://rewindex.com/company/openai.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **identified** 2026-10-21 15:34 UTC: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- **monitoring** 2026-10-21 15:47 UTC: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- **resolved** 2026-10-21 16:44 UTC: All impacted services have now fully recovered.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-10-21 15:53 UTC: [Incident updated: Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests](https://rewindex.com/change/re610f873b3c00d.md)
- 2026-10-21 16:53 UTC: [Incident updated: Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests](https://rewindex.com/change/ra2b074de27810a.md)

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by OpenAI, started 2026-10-21 15:34 UTC, resolved after 1.1 h, 3 update(s); edited after publishing.

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N
- Citation: OpenAI, “Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests” (2026-10-21 15:34 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[OpenAI: Elevated error rates for gpt-5.6-luna API requests (2026-10-21)](https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/openai/incidents/01M5FHKHPQJMSHCE2B2WDPZW2N · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T13:37:34.027Z