Is OpenAI down?
Live status for OpenAI (https://openai.com)
About OpenAI outages
OpenAI operates the API platform behind GPT models plus consumer products like ChatGPT. API incidents ripple outward: apps and tools built on OpenAI’s models start erroring together whenever the platform degrades.
OpenAI publishes official incident updates at its status page — worth checking alongside our live test above.
OpenAI FAQ
Why is my app that uses the OpenAI API failing?
Elevated error rates on OpenAI’s API surface as timeouts and 429/5xx responses in every downstream app at once. OpenAI’s status page splits the API and ChatGPT into separate components, so you can confirm whether the API specifically is degraded.
Are OpenAI API errors the same as ChatGPT being down?
No — ChatGPT and the developer API run as distinct components that fail independently. The API can be healthy while ChatGPT struggles under consumer load, and vice versa, so check the component-level status rather than assuming one implies the other.
Is OpenAI down for everyone or just me?
We test OpenAI (https://openai.com) live from our own servers. If our check succeeds but you still can't connect, the outage is probably local to you — try another network or device, clear your cache, or check OpenAI's official status channels.