# Batch API terribly slow/not working at all

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/batch-api-terribly-slow-not-working-at-all/1377036>\
**Category:** API\
**Tags:** gpt, batch-api\
**Created:** [March 18, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/batch-api-terribly-slow-not-working-at-all/1377036 "2026-03-18T01:28:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_Urbutt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/tim_urbutt/32/449473_2.png) [@Tim\_Urbutt](https://community.openai.com/u/Tim_Urbutt)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/batch-api-terribly-slow-not-working-at-all/1377036/1 "2026-03-18T01:28:32Z")

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I am currently experiencing issues with the Batch API (I am currently using GPT 5.4). The last days, everything worked fine. Started Batch Requests with 600 items which finished in 10-30 Minutes. Now my Batch requests are stuck in in\_progress and 0/600 Items processed. I don’t know if they will finish at all, I didn’t wait the whole 24h execution window yet but I do not see a reason why it wouldn’t start processing my Items. My batch id is batch\_69b9f9bf61148190b3b5940103638ffc

Please look into this issue ASAP

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Urbutt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/tim_urbutt/32/449473_2.png) [@Tim\_Urbutt](https://community.openai.com/u/Tim_Urbutt)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 2:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/batch-api-terribly-slow-not-working-at-all/1377036/2 "2026-03-18T02:17:53Z")

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I have to correct myself. Yesterday, the exact same batch finished in 3min 36sec. see batch id batch\_69b93aad08b081908128db879874322a

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**Author:** ![xmiso](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/xmiso/32/513640_2.png) [@xmiso](https://community.openai.com/u/xmiso)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/batch-api-terribly-slow-not-working-at-all/1377036/3 "2026-03-24T10:43:49Z")

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I can only confirm that batch processing is slow as hell recently, however they still process data within 24h window as per their terms.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/8/7/c/87c2e81543bbb01aa9641aeef8fe14cab5e9590a.png) [@system](https://community.openai.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/batch-api-terribly-slow-not-working-at-all/1377036/4 "2026-08-20T14:49:41Z")

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