GoKawiilOpenAI investigates ChatGPT outage hitting image generation and file uploads
OpenAI confirmed an ongoing outage causing errors in ChatGPT's image generation and its Images API, along with failures and delays when users try to upload files. Hundreds of users reported the problems on DownDetector, and OpenAI says it is still assessing mitigation efforts as some requests continue to fail.
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This marks the second major ChatGPT disruption in recent days, following a broader outage last week that hit nearly all core components including Codex. Repeated instability raises concerns about reliability just as OpenAI prepares to roll out its next flagship model, potentially denting user and enterprise confidence.
- ChatGPT image generation and file uploads are experiencing widespread errors and delays.
- OpenAI has applied mitigations but says some failures persist.
- The outage follows a prior incident last week and comes ahead of OpenAI's next major model launch.
Source: bleepingcomputer.com, 2026-09-08
Published there as: “OpenAI says ChatGPT outage causes image generation errors”
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