Elevated errors for API image generation
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Elevated errors for API image generation OpenAI provides the API, ChatGPT, embeddings, images, and related AI services that many applications call directly.
resolved · 21 Jul 2026, 22:19 UTC
Image generation functionality has fully recovered, and error rates have returned to normal levels.
monitoring · 21 Jul 2026, 20:26 UTC
We have applied mitigations and are seeing error rates return to normal levels. We are monitoring the recovery.
investigating · 21 Jul 2026, 19:33 UTC
We are investigating elevated error rates affecting image generation requests via the API. We are working to restore normal service.
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2h 46m
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2h 37m
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