Elevated Work Mode errors
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Elevated Work Mode errors OpenAI provides the API, ChatGPT, embeddings, images, and related AI services that many applications call directly.
resolved · 6 Oct 2026, 08:29 UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
monitoring · 5 Oct 2026, 09:50 UTC
We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery.
investigating · 5 Oct 2026, 07:14 UTC
We are continuing to observe elevated Work Mode errors. Scheduled tasks may also be impacted.
investigating · 5 Oct 2026, 07:03 UTC
We are observing elevated Work Mode errors. Scheduled tasks may also be impacted.
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25h 25m
This incident
5h 39m
Avg. resolution time
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