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BleepingComputer reports the ChatGPT Work partial outage, corroborated by status trackers and OpenAI's status page updates from August 31, 2026.

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OpenAI Acknowledges Partial Outage Hitting ChatGPT Work

OpenAI has confirmed a partial outage for ChatGPT Work that began at approximately 11:04 AM ET on August 31, 2026, preventing some users from starting or continuing tasks. The incident particularly affects Plus subscribers and remains ongoing as the company works on a mitigation.

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OpenAI confirms a partial outage in ChatGPT Work that began at 11:04 AM ET. Users across plans encounter higher latency and error rates that stop them from starting or continuing tasks. Plus subscribers find Work mode inaccessible. The company works to mitigate the issue that remains active on its status page.

OpenAI has confirmed that ChatGPT Work is suffering a partial outage that began at approximately 11:04 AM ET on Monday, August 31, 2026.

ChatGPT Work users face elevated errors and latency. The disruption is stopping some subscribers from launching new tasks or resuming those already in progress. Plus plan customers appear to be particularly affected, with Work mode currently unavailable for some of them.
The disruption is stopping some subscribers from launching new tasks or resuming those already in progress.

Reports of the problems come from users holding various subscription tiers. Difficulties center on increased latency and error rates that surfaced around 11:04 AM ET.
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OpenAI acknowledges the incident on its status page. The company first noted the trouble at roughly 11:04 AM ET, indicating that affected services were seeing higher latency. As of 12:02 PM ET the situation had not been resolved.
Plus plan customers appear to be particularly affected, with Work mode currently unavailable for some of them.
According to OpenAI, elevated error rates are occurring across the impacted services, with Plus users especially hard hit because Work mode remains inaccessible.
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The company is actively working on a mitigation. "User across multiple subscription plans may be unable to start or continue tasks in ChatGPT Work. We are continuing to work on a mitigation," OpenAI said in its latest update. The status page shows the firm is aware of these issues.
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