Updated 11:38 a.m. Eastern on September 8, 2026
OpenAI reports an ongoing investigation into elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. The latest update indicates continued investigation with mitigations applied, and some requests may still fail.
What is affected
The incident affects image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API, with some requests failing. Impact is rated as minor.
Official update timeline
We’re investigating elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. Some requests may fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.
We’re continuing to investigate elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. We’ve made changes aimed at reducing failures and are assessing their effect. Some requests may still fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.
> We’re continuing to investigate elevated errors affecting image generation in ChatGPT and the Images API. We saw an increase in failed Images API requests after our last update. We’re applying mitigations and assessing their effect. Some image requests may still fail. We’ll share another update as we learn more.
