OpenAI Platform outage on April 16, 2026
OpenAI Platform appears to be operating normally based on current signals. Isitreallydown?'s synthetic checks are not yet measured, DNS is not yet measured, user reports are quiet.
Cached · Tue, May 12, 2026, 12:33 PM UTC · scope: service signals
Incident detected
Minor confidence crossed the incident threshold for Responses API Streaming Error.
Marked resolved
The incident was closed after 45 min of observed impact.
No per-source signal payloads were preserved in this incident's snapshot window.
Confidence scoring
25.00The incident reached 25.00 peak confidence across available stored status snapshots.
User reports
0 / 15mNo elevated user-report volume was preserved in the incident window snapshots.
Status samples
0 affectedThe incident row exists, but the bounded snapshot window does not include affected status samples.
Recovery signal
ResolvedRecovery was recorded at Thu, Apr 16, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC.
OpenAI Platform users likely saw failed connections, degraded availability, or session instability for this AI service. The incident reached Minor severity and lasted 45 min. The stored report window does not show a preserved user-report spike.