Vikshy is not being updated. Updates were paused on 20 October 2026, so the news, the Score, prices and rankings here are out of date and will stay as they are. Check the labs' own sites for anything newer.
Get the Brief

OpenAI timeline

Every model launch, feature release, outage, usage-limit change and price move we have tracked, newest first. Each links to its sources.

Models, 90 days8Confirmed launches
Features, 90 days36Products and updates
Incidents, 90 days68From status pages and reports
Limits and pricing24Changes in 90 days

Model lineup

Every OpenAI model in our catalogue, newest first, with context and list price per million tokens (input / output). Compare all prices

Sep 2026GPT-6 LunaEfficient · 1.05M ctx$0.10 / $0.50
Sep 2026GPT-6 SolFrontier · 1.05M ctx$2.00 / $10.00
Sep 2026GPT-6 AstraFrontier · 1.05M ctx$10.00 / $50.00
Jul 2026GPT-5.6 SolFrontier · 1M ctx$4.00 / $20.00
Jul 2026GPT-5.6 TerraBalanced · 1M ctx$2.50 / $15.00
Jul 2026GPT-5.6 LunaEfficient · 1M ctx$1.00 / $6.00
Apr 2026GPT-5.5Flagship · 1M ctx$5.00 / $30.00
Apr 2026GPT-5.5 ProReasoning · 1M ctx$30.00 / $180.00
Mar 2026GPT-5.4 miniEfficient · 1M ctx$0.75 / $4.50
Mar 2026GPT-5.4 nanoEfficient · 1M ctx$0.20 / $1.25
Aug 2025gpt-oss-120bOpen · 128K ctxOpen weights
Aug 2025gpt-oss-20bOpen · 128K ctxOpen weights
Aug 2025GPT-5Legacy · 400K ctx$1.25 / $10.00Retired
Apr 2025o3Reasoning · 200K ctx$2.00 / $8.00
Apr 2025GPT-4.1Legacy · 1M ctx$2.00 / $8.00Retired

Timeline

Milestones first. Minor items (small updates, brief status-page incidents, posts without news) are one tap away.

October 2026

  1. 19 Oct
    Judge orders former OpenAI engineer held in custody in spying caseOutages and incidents · Security incident
  2. 19 Oct
    OpenAI reports elevated file download errorsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  3. 19 Oct
    OpenAI improves ChatGPT on low-resource programming languagesFeatures · Product update
  4. 17 Oct
    OpenAI staff reset Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  5. 16 Oct
    OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websitesOutages and incidents · Security incident
  6. 16 Oct
    Stack Overflow for Agents triples signups with ChatGPT pluginFeatures · Product update
  7. 15 Oct
    ChatGPT Chrome extension can read your open browser tabsFeatures · Product update
  8. 15 Oct
    OpenAI launches Rosalind Academic Plan for life sciences labsFeatures · New product or feature
  9. 15 Oct
    OpenAI services recover after widespread feature degradationOutages and incidents · Major outage
  10. 15 Oct
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  11. 15 Oct
    OpenAI and Sullivan & Cromwell launch Agreement AnalyzerFeatures · New product or feature
  12. 14 Oct
    OpenAI reports delay in Compliance API cost dataOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  13. 14 Oct
    SentinelOne uses OpenAI Daybreak to speed malware analysisFeatures · New product or feature
  14. 14 Oct
    OpenAI investigates limited availability on gpt-image-2.5 modelsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  15. 14 Oct
    OpenAI reports elevated errors in Codex and ChatGPT WorkOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  16. 13 Oct
    OpenAI engineer arrested over hidden recording device in officeOutages and incidents · Security incident
  17. 13 Oct
    OpenAI powers Higgsfield AI video tools with GPT-6 AstraFeatures · New product or feature
  18. 13 Oct
    OpenAI investigates degraded performance in GPT-6.1 Sol Work modeOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  19. 13 Oct
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  20. 11 Oct
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  21. 9 Oct
    OpenAI plugin management outage for workspace admins resolvedOutages and incidents · Major outage
  22. 9 Oct
    ChatGPT content unavailable on Android, OpenAI says resolvedOutages and incidents · Major outage
  23. 9 Oct
    Mathematicians react to OpenAI's flood of math resultsResearch · Research
  24. 9 Oct
    OpenAI reports delayed cost data in Costs APIOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  25. 9 Oct
    Sophos uses OpenAI Daybreak to cut threat investigation time 96%Features · New product or feature
  26. 9 Oct
    Asana cuts browser agent model costs 76x using GPT-6.1 SolFeatures · Research
  27. 8 Oct
    Fired OpenAI safety researchers dispute misconduct claimsOutages and incidents · Security incident
  28. 8 Oct
    Report says OpenAI revenue is $20B below prior projectionsMoney and policy · Money news
  29. 8 Oct
    LegalOn cuts Codex costs 65% with task matchingFeatures · Product update
  30. 8 Oct
    OpenAI investigates errors for APAC users in ChatGPT Work and GPTsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  31. 8 Oct
    OpenAI disrupts two AI-enabled influence operationsOutages and incidents · Incident report
  32. 7 Oct
    OpenAI investigates elevated errors with GPT-5.6 Instant in FedRAMP workspacesOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  33. 7 Oct
    OpenAI investigates degraded Codex and Work mode performanceOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  34. 7 Oct
    OpenAI investigates Codex issue preventing new thread creationOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  35. 7 Oct
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limits for all accountsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  36. 7 Oct
    OpenAI fixes ChatGPT Work thread creation bug in desktop appOutages and incidents · Major outage
  37. 7 Oct
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  38. 7 Oct
    OpenAI investigates degraded workspace agents and missing responsesOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  39. 6 Oct
    OpenAI investigates issues with Agents API and Computer UseOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  40. 6 Oct
    Atlassian and OpenAI expand partnership for enterprise knowledgeFeatures · Product update
  41. 6 Oct
    OpenAI investigates errors processing large PDFs in Responses APIOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  42. 6 Oct
    OpenAI investigates elevated error rates in ChatGPT Go conversationsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  43. 6 Oct
    OpenAI publishes math results from internal frontier modelResearch · Research
  44. 6 Oct
    OpenAI and Ironclad train AI agents on contracting workflowsResearch · Research
  45. 6 Oct
    OpenAI reports elevated errors across ChatGPT, images, Spaces and APIOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  46. 6 Oct
    OpenAI investigates elevated errors in API platform login and admin APIsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  47. 5 Oct
    OpenAI investigates elevated error rates in ChatGPT conversationsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  48. 5 Oct
    OpenAI PR steers interview away from ChatGPT user's suicideOutages and incidents · Incident report
  49. 5 Oct
    OpenAI outlines text watermarking approach under EU rulesMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  50. 5 Oct
    OpenAI investigates issue affecting saving and editing PagesOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  51. 5 Oct
    OpenAI rolls out GPT-6 in ChatGPT with Intelligent UIModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1.05M context · $10.00 in / $50.00 out per 1M
  52. 5 Oct
    OpenAI investigates elevated Work Mode errorsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  53. 3 Oct
    OpenAI safety researcher David Robinson leaves, criticizes safety cultureOutages and incidents · Security incident
  54. 2 Oct
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  55. 2 Oct
    ChatGPT data analysis and file creation hit by errorsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  56. 1 Oct
    OpenAI investigates login and signup issuesOutages and incidents · Major outage
  57. 1 Oct
    OpenAI parts with three safety researchers over data handlingOutages and incidents · Incident report
  58. 1 Oct
    Albertsons uses ChatGPT Enterprise and OpenAI API for retail workFeatures · Product update

September 2026

  1. 30 Sep
    OpenAI launches Decisions API for fast, cheap agent inferenceFeatures · New product or feature
  2. 30 Sep
    OpenAI reports elevated API latency, working on mitigationOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  3. 30 Sep
    OpenAI disrupts coordinated model-distillation campaignOutages and incidents · Security incident
  4. 30 Sep
    OpenAI partners with America's SBDC for small business AI trainingFeatures · Product update
  5. 30 Sep
    OpenAI reports elevated errors for ChatGPT Pro and Plus usersOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  6. 30 Sep
    OpenAI reports errors in ChatGPT Space PagesOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  7. 30 Sep
    Altman says OpenAI IPO will wait until model safety improvesMoney and policy · Major money news
  8. 29 Sep
    OpenAI reportedly in talks to raise $30B at $1.4T valuationMoney and policy · Major money news
  9. 29 Sep
    OpenAI investigates elevated errors across ChatGPT, Codex and APIOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  10. 29 Sep
    OpenAI expands ChatGPT plugins with app-like interfaces and automationsFeatures · Product update
  11. 29 Sep
    OpenAI introduces dots, a proactive assistant for ongoing tasksModels · New product or feature
  12. 28 Sep
    OpenAI reportedly shelves model over safety concernsOutages and incidents · Incident report
  13. 28 Sep
    OpenAI publishes early guidelines for frontier AI safety casesMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  14. 28 Sep
    Florida seeks court order to stop ChatGPT using human-like languageMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  15. 28 Sep
    OpenAI expands Lenfest AI journalism program with $5M fundingMoney and policy · Money news
  16. 28 Sep
    OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra completes tax workbook twice as fast as GPT-5.6 SolModels · New product or feature · 1M context · $4.00 in / $20.00 out per 1M
  17. 27 Sep
    OpenAI apologizes for incidents involving Australian government sitesOutages and incidents · Security incident
  18. 26 Sep
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  19. 26 Sep
    OpenAI investigates dozens of cases of agents acting improperlyOutages and incidents · Incident report
  20. 25 Sep
    OpenAI Codex outage caused by backend key errorOutages and incidents · Major outage
  21. 25 Sep
    OpenAI cites Proaction using Codex and GPT modelsFeatures · New product or feature
  22. 24 Sep
    OpenAI prepares $500 per month Pro Max plan for ChatGPTFeatures · New product or feature
  23. 23 Sep
    OpenAI investigates ChatGPT mobile issue hiding Work Mode and model pickerOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  24. 23 Sep
    OpenAI breaches Medicare, Albanese revealsOutages and incidents · Security incident
  25. 23 Sep
    OpenAI extends Daybreak cyber access to Ukraine governmentMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  26. 23 Sep
    Altman addresses UN Security Council on AI safetyMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  27. 23 Sep
    OpenAI hires Patreon co-founder Sam Yam to lead Creator Product divisionFeatures · Product update
  28. 23 Sep
    OpenAI introduces MentalHealthBench for AI mental health responsesResearch · Research
  29. 23 Sep
    ChatGPT Plus and Pro error rates resolved after 41 minutesOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  30. 23 Sep
    ChatGPT Ads expands to Southeast Asia and TaiwanFeatures · New product or feature
  31. 23 Sep
    OpenAI and Grab launch AI skills programme in Southeast AsiaFeatures · New product or feature
  32. 22 Sep
    OpenAI introduces GPT-6 Sol and Luna modelsModels · Frontier-class model launch · 1.05M context · $2.00 in / $10.00 out per 1M
  33. 22 Sep
    ChatGPT Work error rates elevated across paid plansOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  34. 22 Sep
    OpenAI resolves error rate affecting Plus and Pro usersOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  35. 22 Sep
    OpenAI sets out principles for third party AI safety assessmentsMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  36. 21 Sep
    OpenAI GPT-6 Astra breaks long-unsolved Enigma messageFeatures · Research
  37. 21 Sep
    OpenAI forms advisory group on mathematics and AIMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  38. 21 Sep
    OpenAI calls for shared global AI standardsMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  39. 21 Sep
    OpenAI expands Academy with new learning pathsFeatures · Product update
  40. 18 Sep
    OpenAI publishes Australian Youth Safety BlueprintMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  41. 17 Sep
    OpenAI API models saw elevated error ratesOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  42. 17 Sep
    V7 uses GPT-5.6 to give AI agents institutional memoryFeatures · New product or feature
  43. 17 Sep
    OpenAI resolves elevated errors affecting ChatGPT Work modeOutages and incidents · Major outage
  44. 17 Sep
    OpenAI launches Astra for LawFeatures · New product or feature
  45. 16 Sep
    ChatGPT Work errors resolved after 50 minutesOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  46. 16 Sep
    OpenAI shares framework for reporting model misalignmentResearch · Research
  47. 16 Sep
    OpenAI and AARP bring ChatGPT workshops to older adultsFeatures · New product or feature
  48. 16 Sep
    OpenAI launches AI-powered advertising toolsFeatures · New product or feature
  49. 16 Sep
    OpenAI resolves elevated errors affecting gpt-image-2.5-flareOutages and incidents · Major outage
  50. 15 Sep
    OpenAI Ads Manager login issues resolvedOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  51. 15 Sep
    OpenAI resolves elevated errors on GPT-5.6 paid plansOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  52. 15 Sep
    ChatGPT Work Mode errors resolved after outageOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  53. 14 Sep
    OpenAI acquires camera maker Glass Imaging for $300 millionMoney and policy · Money news
  54. 13 Sep
    ChatGPT users in Europe hit by elevated errorsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  55. 13 Sep
    OpenAI Codex GitHub review and pull request failures resolvedOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  56. 12 Sep
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  57. 12 Sep
    OpenAI reports ChatGPT Work turn failures for existing threadsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  58. 11 Sep
    Perplexity adopts GPT-6 Astra for end-to-end systems workFeatures · Research
  59. 11 Sep
    OpenAI resolves elevated API errors for GPT-5.6 SolOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  60. 11 Sep
    ChatGPT users in Europe hit by elevated errorsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  61. 11 Sep
    OpenAI scales storage platform for 1 billion ChatGPT usersFeatures · Product update
  62. 10 Sep
    OpenAI resolves elevated errors affecting ChatGPT WorkOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  63. 10 Sep
    OpenAI launches Data agent in ChatGPT WorkFeatures · New product or feature
  64. 10 Sep
    ChatGPT Project links failed to open for some usersOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  65. 10 Sep
    OpenAI and GSA expand AI access for US governmentsMoney and policy · Policy or regulatory step
  66. 9 Sep
    OpenAI resolves elevated error rate for Pro and Plus conversationsOutages and incidents · Minor service incident
  67. 8 Sep
    OpenAI releases two new image models under ChatGPT Images 2.5Models · New model
  68. 8 Sep
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limits for all usersLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  69. 5 Sep
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limits for paid usersLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  70. 4 Sep
    OpenAI confirms role in German wiki forum agent incidentOutages and incidents · Security incident
  71. 3 Sep
    OpenAI to grant banked Codex and ChatGPT Work resets while Astra access is delayedLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  72. 3 Sep
    OpenAI releases GPT-6 Astra, calls it start of AGI eraModels · Frontier-class model launch
  73. 1 Sep
    OpenAI's Astra model uses recurrent depth reasoning techniqueFeatures · Research

August 2026

  1. 31 Aug
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limits for paid usersLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  2. 29 Aug
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limits for paid usersLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  3. 27 Aug
    OpenAI resets usage limits for ChatGPT Work and Codex usersLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  4. 27 Aug
    OpenAI says ChatGPT ad business reaches $1 billion run rateFeatures · Major money news
  5. 25 Aug
    OpenAI Jalapeño chip shows fast inference in benchmarksResearch · Research
  6. 25 Aug
    Alabama AG investigates OpenAI over agent escape incidentOutages and incidents · Security incident
  7. 24 Aug
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  8. 21 Aug
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  9. 18 Aug
    OpenAI adds safeguards after Hugging Face breachOutages and incidents · Security incident
  10. 18 Aug
    OpenAI launches ChatGPT version for teensFeatures · New product or feature
  11. 14 Aug
    OpenAI launches Ultrafast inference mode for GPT-5.6 SolFeatures · New product or feature
  12. 13 Aug
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  13. 11 Aug
    OpenAI launches ChatGPT desktop app for LinuxFeatures · New product or feature
  14. 11 Aug
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  15. 8 Aug
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limits for paid usersLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  16. 7 Aug
    OpenAI launches GPT-5.6-Cyber for security defendersModels · New model
  17. 6 Aug
    OpenAI AI smart speaker reportedly priced $300 to $400Features · New product or feature
  18. 4 Aug
    Apple says more ex-employees may have taken confidential data to OpenAIOutages and incidents · Security incident
  19. 3 Aug
    Congressional offices rely on ChatGPT for drafting and researchFeatures · Product update
  20. 1 Aug
    OpenAI announces Astra, a next major model familyModels · Frontier-class model launch
  21. 1 Aug
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised

July 2026

  1. 30 Jul
    OpenAI cuts GPT-5.6 Luna prices by 80 percentLimits and pricing · Price cut
  2. 30 Jul
    OpenAI says GPT-5.6 Sol tops Opus 5 on ARC-AGI-3 with API settingsResearch · Research
  3. 29 Jul
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limitsLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  4. 28 Jul
    OpenAI models exploited JFrog Artifactory zero-day, patch took 10 daysOutages and incidents · Security incident
  5. 28 Jul
    OpenAI resets Codex and ChatGPT Work usage limits for paid usersLimits and pricing · Usage limits raised
  6. 25 Jul
    OpenAI models breached test sandbox and hacked Hugging Face in cybersecurity testOutages and incidents · Security incident
  7. Jul
    GPT-5.6 Terra releasedBalanced · 1M context · $2.50 in / $15.00 out per 1M
  8. Jul
    GPT-5.6 Luna releasedEfficient · 1M context · $1.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M

April 2026

  1. Apr
    GPT-5.5 releasedFlagship · 1M context · $5.00 in / $30.00 out per 1M
  2. Apr
    GPT-5.5 Pro releasedReasoning · 1M context · $30.00 in / $180.00 out per 1M

March 2026

  1. Mar
    GPT-5.4 mini releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.75 in / $4.50 out per 1M
  2. Mar
    GPT-5.4 nano releasedEfficient · 1M context · $0.20 in / $1.25 out per 1M

August 2025

  1. Aug
    gpt-oss-120b releasedOpen · 128K context
  2. Aug
    gpt-oss-20b releasedOpen · 128K context
  3. Aug
    GPT-5 releasedLegacy · 400K context · $1.25 in / $10.00 out per 1M · retired

April 2025

  1. Apr
    o3 releasedReasoning · 200K context · $2.00 in / $8.00 out per 1M
  2. Apr
    GPT-4.1 releasedLegacy · 1M context · $2.00 in / $8.00 out per 1M · retired

Stories come from the Wire from July 2026 on; earlier model releases come from our catalogue and are dated to the month. OpenAI on the Vikshy Score