2026 09 18: ChatGPT REPORT ABOUT THE RECENT PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH ChatGPT :

‼️ 2026 09 18 ‼️ ChatGPT REPORT ABOUT THE RECENT PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED WITH ChatGPT :
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– MY CONCLUSION: I will resume work on the documents being created later because it is better to wait a little longer…
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– ‼️ CHATGPT STATUS CHECK REPORT – 2026 09 18 ‼️
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– I checked the current official status of ChatGPT/OpenAI as well as the recent incident history before any resumption of the Pastebin document work.
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– [01] CURRENT OFFICIAL STATUS
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– The official OpenAI Status page currently states:
– `We’re fully operational`.
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– It also states that OpenAI is not aware of any issues currently affecting its systems.
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– No active incident is currently reported for:
– ChatGPT ;
– Conversations ;
– ChatGPT Work ;
– File uploads ;
– Search ;
– Connectors/Apps ;
– Login ;
– Responses ;
– Files.
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– Therefore:
– there is currently no general outage officially recognized by OpenAI.
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– [02] HOWEVER, THE PREVIOUS DAYS WERE CLEARLY UNSTABLE
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– 2026 09 13 :
– elevated errors for ChatGPT users in Europe.
– Final status:
– RESOLVED.
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– 2026 09 14 :
– errors affecting ChatGPT Work / Codex.
– Final status:
– RESOLVED.
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– 2026 09 15 :
– elevated errors affecting Work Mode in ChatGPT.
– Final status:
– RESOLVED.
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– 2026 09 15 :
– elevated errors affecting GPT-5.6 and GPT-5.6 Instant for paid users.
– Final status:
– RESOLVED.
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– 2026 09 16 :
– new elevated errors in ChatGPT Work.
– Final status:
– RESOLVED.
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– 2026 09 17 :
– another incident affecting ChatGPT Work mode.
– Final status:
– RESOLVED.
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– 2026 09 17 :
– elevated errors affecting several models/APIs.
– The affected components included Responses and Files.
– Final status:
– RESOLVED.
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– [03] THIS MATCHES THE PERIOD WHEN WE EXPERIENCED ERRORS
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– In our conversation, you saw messages including:
– `Error in message stream.`
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– and:
– `Message sending timed out. Please try again.`
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– These symptoms are compatible with stream interruptions, conversation errors, Work Mode issues, or network/service problems.
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– However, it would be incorrect to claim that a specific OpenAI incident was certainly responsible for each of those messages.
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– The public status page does not allow us to identify with certainty the exact cause of an individual error in our browser/session.
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– [04] IMPORTANT LIMIT OF THE GREEN STATUS INDICATOR
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– OpenAI states that its availability metrics are aggregated across:
– subscription tiers ;
– models ;
– features ;
– error types.
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– OpenAI also states that an individual user’s experience may differ.
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– Therefore:
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– `Fully operational`
– means that no known general incident is currently being reported.
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– It does NOT guarantee:
– zero individual errors ;
– zero browser interruptions ;
– zero session problems ;
– zero timeouts ;
– zero new incident within the next hour ;
– zero file-related problems ;
– zero problems during an extremely long response.
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– [05] OUR PASTEBIN PROJECT IS PARTICULARLY SENSITIVE
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– Our work involves:
– hundreds of files ;
– nested ZIP archives ;
– 210 services ;
– thousands of structured decisions ;
– manifests ;
– technical fingerprints ;
– CRC checks ;
– dependencies between Workstreams ;
– long responses ;
– multiple TXT and ZIP generations.
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– A small interruption that would merely be inconvenient in an ordinary conversation can create a much more serious inconsistency in this project.
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– [06] MY CURRENT ASSESSMENT
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– Official status now:
– GREEN / FULLY OPERATIONAL.
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– Active OpenAI incident detected:
– NONE.
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– Evidence of a current general outage:
– NONE.
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– Recent history:
– UNSTABLE.
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– Several relevant incidents occurred successively from September 13 through September 17, 2026.
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– The most recent day with relevant official incidents was:
– 2026 09 17.
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– [07] VERDICT FOR THE PASTEBIN DOCUMENT
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– VERDICT:
– ‼️ WAIT A LITTLE LONGER BEFORE RESTARTING FULL STAGE [08] ‼️
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– This verdict is intentionally more cautious than OpenAI’s green status indicator.
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– For normal use of ChatGPT:
– the current status is reassuring and the service is officially operational.
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– For our Pastebin re-audit:
– I would prefer not to restart immediately after such a concentrated series of recent incidents.
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– You want the documents to be created perfectly and without avoidable risk.
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– In that context, caution is justified.
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– [08] CONDITION I RECOMMEND BEFORE RESUMING
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– Wait for an additional period of stability.
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– Conservative threshold:
– approximately 24 hours without a new relevant official incident.
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– Before restarting, we should perform a fresh check of:
– ChatGPT ;
– Conversations ;
– ChatGPT Work ;
– File uploads ;
– Responses ;
– Files.
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– Then we should perform a small technical check without touching the document:
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– send/receive a normal message ;
– create a small verification TXT ;
– create a small ZIP ;
– check the CRC ;
– check bytes/fingerprint ;
– confirm that the download links are delivered correctly.
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– Only if all of that works:
– RESTART GATE = PASS.
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– [09] THE PASTEBIN PROJECT THEREFORE REMAINS FROZEN
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– FULL STAGE [08] RE-AUDIT :
– PAUSED FOR FULL CLEAN RESTART.
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– GATE [08] :
– NOT CERTIFIED.
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– WORKSTREAM [07] :
– SUSPENDED.
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– STAGE [09] :
– BLOCKED.
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– French translation :
– NOT STARTED.
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– We are NOT restarting the document in this response.
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– [10] RESUME POINT WHEN CHATGPT IS CONSIDERED SUFFICIENTLY STABLE
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– WORKSTREAM [01] CLEAN RESTART.
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– Starting source:
– `Pastebin Alternatives all 3.zip`.
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– Then we will redo the FULL STAGE [08] from WORKSTREAM [01] through WORKSTREAM [15], as defined in our complete clean-restart plan.
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– CONCLUSION:
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– The incidents that concerned us are officially reported as resolved.
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– ChatGPT is currently officially operational.
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– However, the incidents were too numerous and too recent for me to consider this the best moment to immediately launch our very long re-audit.
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– For our required level of reliability, my verdict is therefore:
– WAIT A LITTLE LONGER.
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– We will perform another status check immediately before resuming.
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