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OpenAI's O3 model fails for paying users ahead of sunset date

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Paying customers of OpenAI's O3 model are experiencing widespread non-functionality, with responses failing to generate or disappearing after appearing. This issue began around August 10th, predating the model's scheduled sunset date of August 26th. OpenAI support has acknowledged the problem and is requesting user-submitted evidence, such as timestamps and HAR files, to investigate the service-side issue. AI

IMPACT Disrupts workflows for users relying on O3, potentially impacting project completion and subscription retention for OpenAI.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a specific product feature of an AI company.

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OpenAI's O3 model fails for paying users ahead of sunset date

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  1. r/OpenAI TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/Aine_123 ·

    O3 is non-functional for paying customers before its sunset date. See below for how to (easily) submit a complaint with evidence #FixO3 #NotYetO3Sunset

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>&quot;Understood that other Plus users are reporting the same behavior; I can’t confirm scope from Reddit alone, but we can investigate this as a potential service-side o3 issue once we have a few concrete examples (timestamps/timezone + HAR + co…

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