Elevated errors with image generation in ChatGPT
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Elevated errors with image generation in ChatGPT OpenAI provides the API, ChatGPT, embeddings, images, and related AI services that many applications call directly.
resolved · 7 Jul 2026, 16:12 UTC
All impacted services have now fully recovered.
monitoring · 7 Jul 2026, 14:40 UTC
We have implemented a mitigation and are seeing error rates return to normal levels. We are monitoring the recovery, and some users may continue to experience errors with image generation in ChatGPT.
identified · 7 Jul 2026, 12:17 UTC
We have identified the issue and are implementing a mitigation. Some users may continue to experience errors with image generation in ChatGPT while we implement the mitigation.
investigating · 7 Jul 2026, 11:29 UTC
We are investigating elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT. Some users may be unable to generate images.
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