Is OpenAI API down?

Live status of OpenAI API: we monitor 2 of its services (OpenAI API and Login) every minute by Hyperping from Virginia, Frankfurt and Singapore, with response times and 90 days of history.

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What we monitor 2 OpenAI API services, every minute

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  • OpenAI APIapi.openai.comGPT models for apps and integrations……
  • Loginauth.openai.comSigning in to ChatGPT and the OpenAI platform……
  • platform.openai.comNot checked: Cloudflare blocks automated checks.
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Recent OpenAI API incidents on status.openai.com

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When OpenAI API fails

The OpenAI API serves GPT models, embeddings, images and audio to applications. Incidents are often limited to one model or one endpoint, such as higher error rates on a single model, while the rest of the API answers.

We check the OpenAI API, where a 401 without a key means it is answering, and OpenAI's login service. platform.openai.com answers automated checks with a Cloudflare challenge, so it is not checked directly.

If OpenAI API is not working for you

  1. Find what fails for you among the services we monitor above. If that service is green, the problem is likely on your side: try the next steps.
  2. Open openai.com on another network, such as mobile data. If it works there, the problem is your connection, your DNS or your VPN.
  3. Update or restart the app, then sign out and back in.
  4. Look for an incident on one feature on status.openai.com.

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Questions about OpenAI API outages.

Is OpenAI API down right now?

The status at the top of this page comes from Hyperping checks of OpenAI API, run every minute and refreshed on the page every 60 seconds. Green means the latest checks succeeded; red means they are failing, confirmed from several regions.

How do you check OpenAI API?

We monitor 2 OpenAI API services every minute, in turn from Virginia, Frankfurt and Singapore: OpenAI API (api.openai.com, up on a 401 response) and Login (auth.openai.com, up on a successful response). When a check fails, other regions check again before that service counts as down. OpenAI API counts as down when all of them are, and as partly down when only some are. We check the OpenAI API, where a 401 without a key means it is answering, and OpenAI's login service. platform.openai.com answers automated checks with a Cloudflare challenge, so it is not checked directly.

OpenAI API is up here but not working for me. Why?

An outage can be partial: one feature, one app, one country or one internet provider, and our checks see OpenAI API from data centers. Try another network such as mobile data, update or restart the app, and check the official status page for an incident on one feature.

Does OpenAI API have an official status page?

Yes, status.openai.com. OpenAI API's team updates it by hand, so it can lag behind the start of an outage; our checks run every minute whatever it says.

Can I get alerted when OpenAI API goes down?

Yes. Create a free Hyperping account and add api.openai.com as a monitor: you are alerted by email, Slack or your other channels within a minute of a failure. The free plan includes 20 monitors, enough for your own site and the services it depends on.