Elevated errors creating new accounts
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Elevated errors creating new accounts OpenAI provides the API, ChatGPT, embeddings, images, and related AI services that many applications call directly.
resolved · 2 Sep 2026, 18:45 UTC
The issue affecting new account creation has been resolved.
monitoring · 2 Sep 2026, 18:39 UTC
We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring recovery.
investigating · 2 Sep 2026, 18:13 UTC
We are investigating an issue preventing some users from creating new accounts. We will share updates as we learn more.
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