Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare
A record of the OpenAI incident on September 15, 2026 (UTC): start time, duration and severity, plus current status, what to do, and alternatives.
Other providers down at the same time
No other provider we monitor recorded an incident during this window. This appears to have been specific to OpenAI.
Derived from our own archive of official status pages across 13 providers. Items lasting more than 24 hours and unresolved items are excluded, as they would misrepresent the moment.
How big was this outage?
This outage lasted 40 minutes. Across 24 major incidents recorded for OpenAI, the median duration is 72 minutes, making this the 20th longest.
Shorter than a typical outage.
Only incidents recorded as major-or-worse and already resolved are counted.
Current status
OpenAI is operating normally now. This incident has been resolved.
See current OpenAI status →What you can do during an outage
Source: OpenAI's official status page.
Other OpenAI incidents
- Elevated errors with search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and certain ChatGPT thinking experiencesOctober 30, 2026
- Elevated errors for GPT Image 2 API image editsOctober 30, 2026
- 6.1 Sol Degraded Model PerformanceOctober 27, 2026
- Elevated error rates for most hosted Code Reviews and Security Reviews on private GitHub repositoriesOctober 27, 2026
- Elevated error rates for Ads POST requestsOctober 26, 2026