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ChatGPT feeling slow for you today? OpenAI confirms issues (Update: Resolved)

- OpenAI is experiencing latency and errors across its API today.
- The company is currently investigating the issue.
Update, May 27, 2026 (4:28 PM ET): OpenAI’s status page shows that the API issue has now been resolved.
Original article, May 27, 2026 (11:48 AM ET): If you’re used to integrating ChatGPT into your workflow but something feels a little bit off this morning, you’re not alone. OpenAI reports ongoing issues with elevated latency.
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The company’s status page reports issues with latency and increased errors across its API, going back just about one hour now. OpenAI says that a mitigation strategy is currently in place.
In addition to today’s issue, there’s also an ongoing problem from yesterday that can affect the ability to log back in to ChatGPT for certain government users.
We’ll update this post with any further status updates OpenAI shares about the current slowdowns.
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