Hi, I’m seeing what appears to be a file resolution / authorization issue when creating a text Batch API request using /v1/responses. The input JSONL file is successfully uploaded with purpose=batch and is fully accessible through the Files API using the same API key, but the Batch API reports tha…

Hi @siddhant It seems we are also facing this issue. Could you take a look? Thank you in advance :folded_hands: batch_6a94c409ee288190a8a506099ed4b43e | Aug 31, 2026, 3:00 AM batch_6a9767835d008190b13beb21da3a0ed9 | Sep 2, 2026, 3:02 AM

[image] nstrahan-nfit: hi @siddhant , can you please fix org associated with the following batch hi @siddhant , can you please fix org associated with the batches provided in my message above? Thanks a lot!

We are also affected, including on /v1/chat/completions. Could you please investigate this failed Batch and check whether the temporary fix mentioned at the top of this topic applies to our organization? Failed Batch ID: batch_6a98517a918881908eb224c58c6e6503 Submission timestamp from created_at: 2…

Hi @siddhant Same failure here, since 2026-09-02 10:35 UTC. Last successful batches for this org were on 2026-08-02. Every batch we create goes validating → failed with: “Cannot find file file-…, or organization org-… does not have access to it.” The input files upload fine (HTTP 200, purpose=bat…

Hi @siddhant , could you apply the fix to our organization? 100% failure since Aug 28, all failing at validation with “Cannot find file X, or organization does not have access to it” despite files.retrieve showing status: processed. Failed batches (UTC): batch_6a9100ec4fb88190bfc5ba8439960a0f — 2…

batch_6a984393250c819080e4e438a45d75bc Thanks

Sep 2, 2026, 11:56 AM, MDT batch_6a9845d43270819082e91e3c04555252 batch_6a9845d44d8881909413b35f06672189 batch_6a9845d4aae48190870ca82dbfbd238a batch_6a9846d576448190825936c32e0bb214 batch_6a9846d5d0cc8190867355c2872e8be6 batch_6a9846d5d2788190a589f9b4c8ef58a5 batch_6a984767feb0819099cc6efb53…

same issue: recent batch ids: ``` batch_6a96f251674c8190bdf65c07c4169dfd batch_6a96f24d50a4819098cd0b3164893208 batch_6a96f24a76a0819092e437d89378d205 batch_6a96f247d6148190a750a9ea89971324 batch_6a96f2453818819094dc00a21ab4d887 batch_6a96f23ff70c8190a5d496eeb21fce88 batch_6a96f23c94888190a9d5aff3…

Batch API Outage - /v1/responses cannot access valid purpose=batch input_file_id

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cgp919 September 2, 2026, 8:17pm 316

We are having the same issue @siddhant Our latest test batch which failed is:

batch_6a984e9755b88190b57466aaabbd6bcf - UTC 4:28:07 PM, 2026-09-02

Could the fix please be applied to our organization? Thank you

Responses API background mode — a fraction of requests accepted, then never executed (stuck in "queued"), Sept 2026

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Batch API Outage - /v1/responses cannot access valid purpose=batch input_file_id

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