Elevated errors with search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and certain ChatGPT thinking experiences

Resolved Minor impact

On October 30, 2026 at 19:38 UTC, OpenAI reported an incident affecting ChatGPT with a minor impact, per its official status page. The disruption lasted 1h 35m and the incident has been fully resolved. IsChatGPTDown.chat mirrors this incident from OpenAI's official record; see the official link below for authoritative details.

Incident Facts

All facts below are taken from OpenAI's official incident record. Fields OpenAI did not publish are shown as “Not provided.”

Started
Resolved
Duration
1h 35m
Affected service
ChatGPT
Severity
Minor
Current state
Resolved

Timeline

Official update history from OpenAI's status page.

  1. Investigating We’re aware of issues affecting search in Dots, ChatGPT Work, and some ChatGPT thinking experiences. We’re investigating and will share updates here.
  2. Resolved All affected services are operating normally again. We’re sorry for the disruption, and we appreciate your patience.

Related troubleshooting

The affected services are listed above from OpenAI's official record. If you run into a similar problem, the guides below help you check whether it is a current outage or an issue limited to your setup.