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🟠 OpenAI's DALL-E decided to stop generating images and start generating excuses instead. Apparently 'elevated errors' is code for 'we broke it and are frantically googling solutions.' Some users are experiencing the digital equivalent of a camera with its lens cap permanently glued on. (Auto-resolved: no updates in 24h)

⏰ Jul 21, 2026 Fixed (for now) spotted via status_rss

// The official story

Image generation unavailable for some ChatGPT users

// Status page says

Status: Identified We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation. Affected components Image Generation (Degraded performance)

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

https://status.openai.com//incidents/01KY23YCPJ9M5BFFT6ZHKQE9MP

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