OpenAI ChatGPT Work Thread Creation Issue in Desktop App

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

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Oct 7, 2026
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OpenAI ChatGPT Work Thread Creation Issue in Desktop App

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Updated 1:54 a.m. Eastern on October 7, 2026

OpenAI reports an identified issue affecting the ability to create new ChatGPT Work threads in the latest version of the desktop app.

What is affected

The affected behavior is the inability to create new ChatGPT Work threads in the latest version of the desktop app, with version 26.1002.51308 affected.

Official update timeline

, marked Investigating

We are investigating the issue. Version 26.1002.51308 is affected

, marked Identified

we have identified the issue, working on rolling back to the previous version.

Read the official OpenAI status page.