Is ChatGPT down? October 15 mobile login and signup outage resolved
OpenAI reported widespread feature degradation on October 15, 2026, including login and signup issues in the ChatGPT iOS and Android apps. The Login component was affected from 02:30 PM to 05:20 PM, and OpenAI confirmed full recovery at 06:56 PM.
SessionWatcher editorial · Published · Updated · Source announcement: 2026-10-15
What OpenAI reported
On October 15, 2026, OpenAI's status page posted an incident titled Widespread feature degradation and classed it as a partial outage. Its updates describe problems with logins and signups in the ChatGPT iOS and Android apps.
The only affected component listed is Login under ChatGPT. Its impact window runs from 02:30 PM to 05:20 PM, about 2 hours and 50 minutes. The status page text does not give a time zone for these times.
Timeline
At 04:29 PM, OpenAI said it was investigating an issue affecting logins and signups across all ChatGPT mobile applications. At 04:35 PM, it widened the description to widespread feature degradation, including login and signup issues in the iOS and Android apps.
At 05:13 PM, OpenAI said it had applied a mitigation and was monitoring the recovery. At 06:56 PM, it marked the incident resolved and said all impacted services had fully recovered.
What it means for subscribers
Only the ChatGPT Login component is listed as affected. Codex and the API are not listed. The incident also says nothing about changes to usage limits, resets, refunds or billing.
OpenAI says its availability metrics are aggregated across all tiers, models and error types. Individual availability may vary with your subscription tier and the models and features you use.
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