Partial outageOpenAIJuly 21, 2026

Image generation unavailable in ChatGPT

A record of the OpenAI incident on July 21, 2026 (Japan time): start time, duration and severity, plus current status, what to do, and alternatives.

Started
Jul 21, 2026, 07:36 PM
Resolved
ongoing
Duration
10h 23m
Impact
Partial outage

Current status

OpenAI is still experiencing issues. Please check the latest status.

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What you can do during an outage

Source: OpenAI's official status page.

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