OpenAI resolves limited availability of gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst in about 40 minutes
OpenAI resolved the limited-availability incident for API image variants gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst at 03:58 PDT, about 40 minutes after opening it; all impacted services have fully recovered.
What happened
OpenAI opened the incident at 03:18 PDT on Oct 14 for limited availability of gpt-image-2.5-flare and gpt-image-2.5-sunburst in the API, rated minor severity. At 03:40 PDT it applied a mitigation and began monitoring recovery. At 03:58 PDT it marked the incident resolved, stating all impacted services have now fully recovered. Total duration: about 40 minutes.
Why it matters
The two model variants (flare, sunburst) had not been publicly announced before this incident, so the status page surfaced them first. The quick mitigation-to-resolution cycle (18 minutes) keeps API image-generation downtime short. No further updates have been posted since resolution.
Verified Oct 14, 2026.
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