OpenAI incident

Delayed support responses

Resolved after 3 hours 33 minutes, on September 18, 2026.

monitoring Sep 18, 2026, 09:59 PM UTC

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Some support responses by email and chat may still be delayed while we work through affected cases.

Started
Sep 18, 2026, 09:36 PM UTC
Resolved
Sep 19, 2026, 01:10 AM UTC
Duration
3h 33m
Detected by Pingoru
Sep 18, 2026, 09:36 PM UTC

Update timeline

  1. identified Sep 18, 2026, 09:36 PM UTC

    Some users are experiencing delayed responses from OpenAI Support by email and chat. We’re investigating and will share updates as we learn more.

  2. monitoring Sep 18, 2026, 09:59 PM UTC

    We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery. Some support responses by email and chat may still be delayed while we work through affected cases.

  3. resolved Sep 19, 2026, 01:10 AM UTC

    All impacted services have now fully recovered.

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