OpenAI Resolves Global ChatGPT Outage Affecting Logins and API Endpoints
OpenAI confirmed a major global outage affecting ChatGPT, its coding platform Codex, and API endpoints on August 19, 2026. The incident, which began at 8:00 PM ET, prevented users from logging in, signing up, or loading chat histories. OpenAI identified the issue within 14 minutes and implemented a mitigation, fully resolving the problem by 8:54 PM ET. The disruption impacted users in the US and Europe, with over 1,600 reports logged on Downdetector.