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🟠 OpenAI's downstream supplier went sideways, turning ChatGPT conversations into a lottery for free users. They've slapped on a band-aid and are now watching it bleed. Current prognosis: monitoring, which is corporate speak for 'we'll know more when we know more.'. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

⏰ Aug 13, 2026 Fixed (for now) spotted via status_rss

// The official story

Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free users

// Status page says

Status: Monitoring We’ve applied a mitigation and are monitoring recovery following an issue with a downstream provider. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance)

🔗 Official status page (for the PR-approved version)

https://status.openai.com//incidents/01KZXVAJQ5XFH7PTM43XVPQWGJ

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