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User reports

No outage reports from users in the last 24 hours.

Recent incidents

Some APAC users are seeing errors in ChatGPT Work, conversations, and GPTs.
Affected components · 1d ago
Elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspaces
Affected components · 1d ago
Degraded performance in Codex and Work mode: Dot turn failures, delayed responses, and reduced proactivity
Affected components · 2d ago
Dot in Codex may fail to create new threads
Affected components · 2d ago
Unable to create new ChatGPT Work threads in latest version of desktop app
Affected components · 2d ago
Workspace Agents Degraded and Responses Impacted
Affected components · 2d ago

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