OpenAI Reports File Upload Errors in ChatGPT

OpenAI is reporting an active service incident on its official status page.

Nov 2, 2026
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OpenAI Reports File Upload Errors in ChatGPT

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Updated 9:51 p.m. Eastern on November 2, 2026

OpenAI says a mitigation has been applied for file upload errors in ChatGPT, and it is monitoring the affected services to confirm recovery.

What is affected

Some users have trouble uploading files to ChatGPT or getting ChatGPT to read uploaded files.

Official update timeline

, marked Identified

Some users are having trouble uploading files to ChatGPT or getting ChatGPT to read uploaded files.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

, marked Investigating

We’re investigating a potential issue for the listed services and checking how it affects users. We’ll share an update when we know more.

, marked Identified

We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services.

We are working on implementing a mitigation.

, marked Monitoring

We’ve applied a mitigation and are monitoring the affected services to confirm recovery.

Read the official OpenAI status page.

Track ChatGPT in the Technobezz status catalog.

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