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Elevated Errors for Thinking mode in ChatGPT

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Status: Monitoring We have implemented a mitigation for the issue for elevated errors for Thinking Mode and Image Generation in ChatGPT/ChatGPT Work Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Work (Degraded performance) Status: Investigating We are investigating an issue causing some users to experience errors when using Thinking mode and Image Generation in ChatGPT. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance) Image Generation (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Work (Degraded performance) Status: Investigating We are investigating an issue causing some users to experience errors when using Thinking in ChatGPT. Affected components Conversations (Degraded performance) ChatGPT Work (Degraded performance)
8/20/2026, 10:12 AM EDT41mminor
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