# OpenAI: Degraded experience with ChatGPT app connections using CIMD

- Provider: [OpenAI](https://outages.cc/openai.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Degraded performance
- Started: 2026-10-23 22:52 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-10-23 23:43 UTC (lasted 50 min)
- Official update: https://status.openai.com

## Updates from OpenAI

### resolved, 2026-10-23 23:43 UTC

All impacted services have now fully recovered.

### monitoring, 2026-10-23 23:17 UTC

Some ChatGPT app connections experienced failures when connecting a new app or refreshing an existing connection. The affected authentication metadata endpoint is available again, and we are monitoring recovery.

### monitoring, 2026-10-23 23:10 UTC

We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery.

### investigating, 2026-10-23 22:52 UTC

We are investigating the issue for the listed services.