Is OpenAI Dots down?
Sort of — OpenAI Dots is having issues.
checked 0s ago · 0 user reports in the last 10 min
Elevated Work Mode errors (monitoring).
OpenAI's status page
Read 2m ago — Partial System Degradation open it
As of 10/5/2026, 3:17:29 PM, OpenAI reports OpenAI Dots as having issues.
Is it just you?
Probably just youNo recent issue reports from other users.
Are you having issues?
What you might be seeing
- Elevated Work Mode errors: We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery.
Affected: Text, Browse, Login
What you can do now
- Retry later
- Switch modality if available
- Pause high-volume workflows
- Switch to a smaller or faster model
- Reduce output length
Outages like this usually last
~54 min
Last time: Issues saving and editing Pages — back in 20 min.
Working right now
Common questions
Why is OpenAI Dots not working for me?
OpenAI Dots is currently having service-side problems, so it is probably not you. Elevated Work Mode errors: We have mitigated the issue, and are monitoring recovery..
How long do OpenAI Dots outages usually last?
Based on recent OpenAI incidents we have tracked, outages like this typically resolve in about 54 minutes, though major incidents can take longer.
What can I use while OpenAI Dots is down?
Right now these comparable AI services report themselves as up: Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity.
Does OpenAI Dots have an official status page?
Yes — OpenAI publishes an official status page at https://status.openai.com; this page mirrors it.
How reliable is OpenAI Dots?
Over the last 30 days OpenAI Dots had 39 incidents totalling about 1310 minutes of disruption, for 97.0% uptime — #27 of 30 of the AI apps we track. The longest single incident lasted 24 hours or more.
How often does OpenAI Dots go down?
OpenAI Dots has had 39 incidents in the last 30 days, most recently on October 5, 2026. See the full outage history below.
How reliable is OpenAI Dots?
97.0%
uptime · last 30 days
39
incidents · 30 days
≥24h
longest outage
#27 of 30
reliability rank
Over the last 30 days OpenAI Dots had 39 incidents totalling about 1310 minutes of disruption, for 97.0% uptime — #27 of 30 of the AI apps we track. The longest single incident lasted 24 hours or more.
Recent OpenAI Dots incidents
How we know
This verdict is OpenAI's own reported status, read every five minutes. Reports from people on this page are shown alongside it, never mixed into it.