OpenAI incident

File uploads are delayed or failing

Resolved after 4 hours 36 minutes, affecting File uploads and GPTs, on September 8, 2026.

monitoring Sep 08, 2026, 05:48 PM UTC

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

Started
Sep 08, 2026, 02:39 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 08, 2026, 07:16 PM UTC
Duration
4h 36m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 08, 2026, 02:39 PM UTC

Affected components

File uploadsGPTs

Update timeline

  1. investigating Sep 08, 2026, 02:39 PM UTC

    Some file uploads are failing to process. Successful uploads may take longer than usual to become available. We’re investigating and will share another update as we learn more.

  2. investigating Sep 08, 2026, 02:47 PM UTC

    We are investigating the issue for the listed services.

  3. investigating Sep 08, 2026, 03:37 PM UTC

    We’re continuing to investigate file-upload processing failures and delays in ChatGPT. Some files may appear uploaded but remain unavailable while processing; other uploads may fail. We have not confirmed recovery and will share another update as we learn more.

  4. identified Sep 08, 2026, 04:29 PM UTC

    We have identified the issue causing file-upload processing failures and delays in ChatGPT. Some files may remain unavailable while processing, and some uploads may fail.

  5. monitoring Sep 08, 2026, 05:48 PM UTC

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

  6. resolved Sep 08, 2026, 07:16 PM UTC

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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