# Image API returning tiled B&W results

**URL:** https://community.openai.com/t/image-api-returning-tiled-b-w-results/1372697
**Category:** Bugs
**Tags:** api
**Created:** [January 28, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/image-api-returning-tiled-b-w-results/1372697 "2026-01-28T00:02:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![squire5](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/squire5/32/630318_2.png) [@squire5](https://community.openai.com/u/squire5)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/image-api-returning-tiled-b-w-results/1372697/1 "2026-01-28T00:02:59Z")

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Getting the following results from the API and from ChatGPT for any images that I request, they’re all coming back as these weird tiled black and white sets. This has been from both GPT image 1 and GPT image 1.5 and ChatGPT. I’m surprised I’m not hearing about it from anyone else. It seems weird that it could be only my account, but maybe that’s the case. Has anybody else experienced this?

 ![gsio-20260127232928-sLHppZ](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/e/1/7/e17e40e65dc9a86e65b9b5bcef3ebd889dd06e84.jpeg)

 ![ChatGPT Image Jan 27, 2026, 03_54_39 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/6/7/d/67d8c1323488951005dcf4d8c1079a787839f99d.jpeg)

 ![a83785b5-dc38-424f-8cb4-ee79d4e29fa1-md](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/f/0/a/f0abeb22d1cb4e7741895b4259ff4d04c941372a.jpeg)

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### Author: ![jeffvpace](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/jeffvpace/32/741732_2.png) [@jeffvpace](https://community.openai.com/u/jeffvpace)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/image-api-returning-tiled-b-w-results/1372697/3 "2026-01-28T02:05:31Z")

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Yes, currently there is a problem. See here: [https://status.openai.com/](https://status.openai.com/)

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### Author: ![\_j](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/_j/32/719663_2.png) [@\_j](https://community.openai.com/u/_j)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2026, 2:23am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/image-api-returning-tiled-b-w-results/1372697/4 "2026-01-28T02:23:21Z")

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The status site said “brief issue with image…” and then they immediately deleted the status. “All impacted services have now fully recovered.”

The main problem: The model should never be messed with on the API, any model, unless they’ve got a new version to release with the version right in the name, to choose when to migrate.