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🟡 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

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