# OpenAI: Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests

> OpenAI status incident “Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests” on 2026-10-26: impact minor (vendor’s label), 11 min, 3 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM
Last updated: 2026-10-26T19:23:10Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved · edited after publishing
- Started: 2026-10-26 18:19 UTC · Resolved: 2026-10-26 18:30 UTC · Duration: 11 min
- Updates: 3 · Affected components: Ads API
- [Vendor status page: https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM](https://status.openai.com/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM)
- [Company: OpenAI](https://rewindex.com/company/openai.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **identified** 2026-10-26 18:19 UTC: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for POST /ads/\* endpoints. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
- **monitoring** 2026-10-26 18:25 UTC: We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.
- **resolved** 2026-10-26 18:30 UTC: All impacted services have now fully recovered.

## Rewindex changes for this incident

- 2026-10-26 18:33 UTC: [Incident updated: Ads POST /ads/\* endpoints elevated error rates](https://rewindex.com/change/r7e90f0a1137850.md)
- 2026-10-26 19:23 UTC: [Incident silently edited: Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests](https://rewindex.com/change/r15b1b685ede706.md)

## Cite this

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.

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM
- Citation: OpenAI, “Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests” (2026-10-26 18:19 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[OpenAI: Elevated error rates for Ads POST requests (2026-10-26)](https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM)`


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/company/openai/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/companies/openai/incidents/01M5WPZTT0385GMEV1353ZC4AM · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-11-04T13:45:14.340Z