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OpenAI: Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests

MinorStatus: resolvededitedStarted Resolved (11 min)3 updatesstatus.openai.com (opens in new tab)

Affected components: Ads API

Timeline of updates

  1. identified

    We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for POST /ads/* endpoints.

    We are working on implementing a mitigation.

  2. monitoring

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

  3. resolved

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by OpenAI, started 2026-10-26 18:19 UTC, resolved after 11 min, 3 update(s); edited after publishing.

Title
Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests
Vendor
OpenAI
Date
URL
https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM

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