ChatGPT Work Is Down & Not Working Today, OpenAI Confirms Outage

ChatGPT Work is currently facing elevated errors and latency, leaving some users unable to start or continue tasks. OpenAI says it has identified the issue. OpenAI’s status page currently mentions the incident as an ongoing partial outage affecting ChatGPT.

The company says users across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks in ChatGPT Work. The incident was first reported on August 31, 2026, with OpenAI marking it as identified rather than simply investigating. The company says it is working on implementing a mitigation.

The outage appears to be affecting ChatGPT Work, rather than an outright ChatGPT outage. OpenAI’s status information also notes that individual availability can vary depending on subscription tier and features being used.

That means some users may continue working normally while others encounter errors, slow responses, or failures when trying to continue tasks.

For now, OpenAI says it has identified the problem and is continuing work on a mitigation. The company has not provided a confirmed recovery time. Users experiencing problems may therefore have to wait while the fix rolls out. It remains unclear how broadly the current errors are affecting ChatGPT Work users.

With another Work-related incident appearing so soon after the previous one, how quickly can OpenAI get ChatGPT Work back to normal this time? Let us know in the comment below.

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