OpenAI incident

Elevated errors for API image generation

Resolved after 2 hours 46 minutes, affecting Images and Image Generation, on July 21, 2026.

resolved Jul 21, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC

Image generation functionality has fully recovered, and error rates have returned to normal levels.

Started
Jul 21, 2026, 07:33 PM UTC
Resolved
Jul 21, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC
Duration
2h 46m
Detected by Pingoru
Jul 21, 2026, 07:33 PM UTC

Affected components

ImagesImage Generation

Update timeline

  1. investigating Jul 21, 2026, 07:33 PM UTC

    We are investigating elevated error rates affecting image generation requests via the API. We are working to restore normal service.

  2. monitoring Jul 21, 2026, 08:26 PM UTC

    We have applied mitigations and are seeing error rates return to normal levels. We are monitoring the recovery.

  3. resolved Jul 21, 2026, 10:19 PM UTC

    Image generation functionality has fully recovered, and error rates have returned to normal levels.

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