Hi OpenAI Team, I submitted a batch job on Nov 11 2025 at 14:06 UTC using the gpt-5-nano model. The batch ID is: batch_691334bce840819086039092fd93a1d6 It has now been more than 24 hours, and the status is still finalizing with no output files available. This appears identical to prior reports …

Hi all, thanks for your patience. We found the issue and just pushed a fix! Please let us know if you’re still blocked here. Subset of Batch API jobs stuck in finalizing state - OpenAI Status All impacted services have now fully recovered.

Batch stuck in “finalizing” status for over 24 hours

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info906 November 14, 2025, 5:31pm 5

I’ve noticed there are numerous similar problems in the forums recently, all without replies.

Great support, OpenAI!

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Batch stuck in “finalizing” status for over 24 hours

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