Is OpenAI API down?

No. The service answers in North America as of 9m ago, but is blocked from our testing networks. That's not a confirmed outage.

OpenAI API, often written open ai api, is the public API endpoint. These measurements show whether the public OpenAI API endpoint answers from testing locations. A blocked result from testing networks is not a confirmed outage. Endpoint reachability does not prove that ChatGPT, billing, Codex, or a specific model works.

last checked 9m ago · 2026-10-06 14:01 UTC

Reachability over time

100% reachable

Last 24 hours 100% uptime

Last 7 days 100% uptime

Official status

Compare the detectdown verdict with OpenAI API's own claim on its official status page.

Where we checked

All 7 testing locations answered but were blocked from our testing networks.

What we saw from 7 testing locations in North America, nearest first.

Response time is unavailable because no testing location returned a timing.

Chicago, US answered · blocked

Buffalo, US answered · blocked

Dallas, US answered · blocked

Denver, US answered · blocked

Los Angeles, US answered · blocked

Show all 7 testing locations

Broader testing locations from the same check.

Seattle, US answered · blocked

San Jose, US answered · blocked

Past incidents

No public incidents recorded for OpenAI API in the current archive.