Partial outageOpenAIJuly 18, 2026

New ChatGPT App Not Available For Enterprise Users Without Codex Permissions

A record of the OpenAI incident on July 18, 2026 (Japan time): start time, duration and severity, plus current status, what to do, and alternatives.

Started
Jul 18, 2026, 12:32 AM
Resolved
Jul 18, 2026, 02:45 PM
Duration
14h 13m
Impact
Partial outage

Current status

OpenAI is operating normally now. This incident has been resolved.

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What you can do during an outage

Source: OpenAI's official status page.

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