OPENAI
// ACTIVE OUTAGES
Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app
🟡 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.
new thread failed on the latest desktop app version for personal accounts
🟡 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.
// INCIDENT HISTORY
| Date | Incident | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Issues with login, signup, and ads | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-10-01 | Issues with login and signup | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-29 | Support available via email | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-29 | Support chat unavailable | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-29 | Help Center & Support Chat is down | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-25 | Issues with Codex | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-17 | Elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work mode | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-16 | Elevated errors with gpt-image-2.5-flare | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-13 | Codex GitHub Review and Pull Request Failures | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-08 | File uploads are delayed or failing | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-09-03 | ChatGPT Work Mode High Error Rates | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-08-31 | ChatGPT Work seeing elevated errors and latency | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-08-20 | Chatgpt.com is down - all signups and logins are down as of right now | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-08-13 | Elevated errors in ChatGPT conversations for Free users | ⚪ Resolved |
| 2026-07-23 | Elevated error rates | ⚪ Resolved |
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