OpenAI: Delays in customer support responses
Timeline of updates
- investigating
We are investigating technical issues affecting our customer support systems. Customers may experience longer than usual response times. We are working to restore normal operations.
- investigating
As a temporary solution, customers looking to reach out to OpenAI Support can email support@openai.com "support@openai.com": mailto:support@openai.com.
- identified
A fix is being implemented for the issue affecting our support systems. Customers may continue to experience delays in receiving support responses. We will provide further updates as recovery progresses.
- monitoring
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
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Cite this
Status incident (vendor impact label: none) posted by OpenAI, started 2026-10-23 03:41 UTC, resolved after 2.3 h, 5 update(s); edited after publishing.
- Title
- Delays in customer support responses
- Vendor
- OpenAI
- Date
- URL
- https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5KDJ4079XQTZDSRX40NMN6H
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