OpenAI: Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD
Affected components: Connectors/Apps
Timeline of updates
- investigating
We are investigating the issue for the listed services.
- monitoring
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- monitoring
Some ChatGPT app connections experienced failures when connecting a new app or refreshing an existing connection. The affected authentication metadata endpoint is available again, and we are monitoring recovery.
- resolved
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
Changes Rewindex caught on this incident
- Incident updated: Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD
- Incident updated: Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD
- Incident updated: Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD
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In the 2026-10-23 checkpoint, timestamped by FreeTSA and DigiCert on . Record hash
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Cite this
Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by OpenAI, started 2026-10-23 22:52 UTC, resolved after 50 min, 4 update(s); edited after publishing.
- Title
- Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD
- Vendor
- OpenAI
- Date
- URL
- https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5NFF94XCJ6CGTD4S78A9BEB
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