OpenAI incident

Responses API errors when using background mode

Resolved after 25 minutes, affecting Responses, on March 13, 2026.

investigating Mar 13, 2026, 07:38 PM UTC

Starting around 11:50am PT, customers may be experiencing errors when calling the Responses API with background:true. We are currently investigating the issue.

Started
Mar 13, 2026, 07:38 PM UTC
Resolved
Mar 13, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC
Duration
25m
Detected by Pingoru
Mar 13, 2026, 07:38 PM UTC

Affected components

Responses

Update timeline

  1. investigating Mar 13, 2026, 07:38 PM UTC

    Starting around 11:50am PT, customers may be experiencing errors when calling the Responses API with background:true. We are currently investigating the issue.

  2. resolved Mar 13, 2026, 08:03 PM UTC

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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