OpenAI is up right now — WebsiteDown last checked openai.com just now and it responded (HTTP 403 in 29ms) from a live probe.

Last checked · 11 Aug 2026, 08:40 UTC

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OpenAI is an AI research company that develops ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E, and other AI models powering applications worldwide. Check live server status, AI-detected outage signals, and community reports below.

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OperationalHTTP probe
No major incidents detected in the last 30 minutes
openai.com
403
HTTP Status
29ms
Latency
08:40:04
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Outage Evidence
Synthesized from probe, status page, reports, and external signals
VerdictNo problems reported
Regional reachability
Live probeHTTP 403 · 29ms · reachable · one region · see regional probes below
Official statusNot detected
User reports0 reports in last 24h
External signalsNo fresh signals from X, Reddit, news, or third-party status monitors (last 72h)
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0reports / 24h
Signals behind this result3 signals observed
HTTP probe
Responded 403 in 29ms
Normal
DNS resolution
Resolved in 2ms
Normal
Response latency
29ms round-trip
Normal
Down for everyone or just you?
Down for everyone
Our probe fails · Server-side outage · Status page incident
Just you
Our probe succeeds · Try: clear cache, switch network, disable VPN
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OpenAI Not Working? Try These Fixes

  1. 1Check OpenAI's official status page at status.openai.com for active incidents
  2. 2Refresh the page — ChatGPT sessions can timeout during periods of high demand
  3. 3Try again in a few minutes — OpenAI often has capacity limits during peak hours
  4. 4Clear your browser cache and cookies for chat.openai.com and openai.com
  5. 5If the API is failing, check your API key and rate limits in your OpenAI dashboard
  6. 6Switch from ChatGPT Plus to GPT-4 API or vice versa to isolate the issue
  7. 7Check if the issue is with ChatGPT specifically vs. the OpenAI API — they can have separate outages
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