OPENAI

🟡 OpenAI's file upload system is having an existential crisis—files vanish into a void that may or may not exist, while some uploads just ghost you entirely. GPTs are also playing along with the degradation party. The company's official stance: 'we're investigating' which is tech-speak for 'our engineers are stress-testing their coffee makers.'. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

⏰ Sep 08, 2026 Fixed (for now) spotted via status_rss

// The official story

File uploads are delayed or failing

// Status page says

Status: Investigating We’re continuing to investigate file-upload processing failures and delays in ChatGPT. Some files may appear uploaded but remain unavailable while processing; other uploads may fail. We have not confirmed recovery and will share another update as we learn more. Affected components File uploads (Degraded performance) GPTs (Degraded performance)

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

https://status.openai.com//incidents/01M20QBACYZMK2PRCJQCBSWTYJ

Openai's Greatest Hits

🟢 OPENAI 3d ago

🟡 OpenAI's investigating why some workspace admins can't manage plugins—turns out giving people control over their workspace was just a beta feature. Connectors/Apps decided to ghost the people actually trying to run things here. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

🟢 OPENAI 3d ago

🟠 OpenAI's Android app is playing content gatekeeper, showing "unavailable" errors instead of letting you actually chat. The fix is trickling out slower than a 2G connection. Web version works fine if you want to escape the mobile experience entirely. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

🟢 OPENAI 6d ago

🟡 OpenAI's desktop app decided Work threads are overrated. Users now experiencing the cutting-edge feature of threads that simply don't exist. Engineering team is 'investigating' what surely won't take 6 hours to fix. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

🟢 OPENAI 6d ago

🟡 OpenAI's desktop app decided threads were too mainstream, now refusing to create them for regular users. Codex is having commitment issues. Engineers are investigating whether this was a feature or a bug—spoiler: it's a bug. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)