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OpenAI’s status page and status API reported elevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plans early on 2026-11-05 Asia/Shanghai. Incident id 01M6MBCX427A7113A3T4FJ1N6Y, titled Elevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plans, carries impact minor. DigIntoAI has not logged into paid ChatGPT or reproduced send-message failures; everything below is a status-page / status-API self-report, not a DigIntoAI live test.
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What OpenAI reported
At 2026-11-05 06:38:12 Asia/Shanghai (2026-11-04T22:38:12Z), the incident opened in identified with this wording: some users on paid ChatGPT plans may see errors when sending messages, and a mitigation was being implemented.
About eleven minutes later, at 06:49:34 Asia/Shanghai (2026-11-04T22:49:34Z), the update moved to monitoring: a mitigation had been applied, and OpenAI was watching the affected services to confirm recovery.
At 2026-11-05 08:32:37 Asia/Shanghai (2026-11-05T00:32:37Z), the status API moved the incident to resolved, with resolved_at set to that same timestamp. The resolved update states that all affected services are operating normally again. Impact remains minor. DigIntoAI’s re-check on 2026-11-05 ~08:51 Asia/Shanghai still shows status resolved and overview All Systems Operational.
Scope: paid ChatGPT message sends
The incident name and the identified update both point at paid ChatGPT plans and sending messages. Free-tier messaging and a broad API failure are not named in this incident’s update text. Impact is listed as minor on the status API record.
Resolved at 08:32 Asia/Shanghai
During the monitoring window, status.json already showed All Systems Operational with indicator none—overview green at that stage did not automatically close the ticket. OpenAI later posted a resolved update at 08:32:37 Asia/Shanghai (2026-11-05T00:32:37Z), and resolved_at is no longer empty. DigIntoAI’s re-check still shows overview All Systems Operational / indicator none, now alongside a closed incident record.
Timeline (Asia/Shanghai, with UTC)
| Clock (Asia/Shanghai) | UTC | Status API step |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-05 06:38:12 | 2026-11-04T22:38:12Z | identified — paid plans may see send-message errors; mitigation in progress |
| 2026-11-05 06:49:34 | 2026-11-04T22:49:34Z | monitoring — mitigation applied; watching to confirm recovery |
| 2026-11-05 08:32:37 | 2026-11-05T00:32:37Z | resolved — all affected services operating normally again |
| Check ~08:51 | — | Still resolved; overview All Systems Operational |
DigIntoAI status
DigIntoAI has not logged into paid ChatGPT or reproduced send-message errors for this incident. This brief follows the OpenAI status page and status API self-report only. Product status can change after this brief; the OpenAI status page and status API take precedence over this summary.
Quick facts
- Source. OpenAI status page + status API (
status.json/incidents.json). - Incident.
01M6MBCX427A7113A3T4FJ1N6Y— Elevated error rates across paid ChatGPT plans. - Impact. minor.
- Opened. 2026-11-05 06:38:12 Asia/Shanghai (identified).
- Mitigation → resolved. monitoring at 06:49:34; resolved at 08:32:37 Asia/Shanghai (
resolved_at＝2026-11-05T00:32:37Z). - Symptom (self-report). Some paid-plan users may see errors when sending messages.
- Overview. All Systems Operational / indicator none (matches the closed ticket).
- DigIntoAI. Status self-report only; no live paid messaging test.
- Related. Plus vs Pro, ChatGPT pricing, Pro/Business API credits, iCloud Mail & Calendar plugins.
In short
OpenAI’s status API shows a minor incident for elevated errors on paid ChatGPT when sending messages, opened 2026-11-05 06:38 Asia/Shanghai, moved to monitoring at 06:49 after a mitigation, and resolved at 08:32:37—the API says affected services are operating normally again. DigIntoAI has not tested paid send paths; this brief follows the OpenAI status page and status API only.