OpenAI fixes a 51-minute outage that broke ChatGPT app connections
OpenAI had a short outage today affecting ChatGPT app connections using CIMD: new app connections and connection refreshes failed. Investigating began 6:52 p.m. Eastern, a fix was applied by 7:10, and all services fully recovered at 7:43 p.m. Eastern.
What happened
Today (Oct 23, 2026) some ChatGPT app connections using CIMD failed when connecting a new app or refreshing an existing connection. The official status-page timeline: 6:52 p.m. Eastern — investigating; 7:10 p.m. Eastern — mitigation applied, monitoring recovery; 7:17 p.m. Eastern — the affected authentication metadata endpoint is available again, monitoring recovery; 7:43 p.m. Eastern — resolved, all impacted services fully recovered.
Why it matters
App connections let people link third-party apps and integrations to ChatGPT. A failure here means new connections and token refreshes fail for about 51 minutes — existing connected apps may stop syncing until the link is refreshed again.
Verified October 23, 2026.
Sources
- OfficialOpenAI Status
- ReportOpenAI service incident tracker
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