Hello,
I’d like to report that the image generation function inside ChatGPT (custom prompt-to-image requests) has been entirely non-functional for over a week.
Whenever I attempt to generate an image — regardless of prompt complexity — the following error is returned:
Error parsing function call: Could not parse args as JSON: unexpected character: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
This occurs even with basic test prompts (e.g., “a red apple on a wooden table”), confirming it’s not prompt-related or content moderation. The issue seems to affect the function call JSON parser layer itself, preventing any image generation prompts from reaching the model.
Additional details:
- It fails consistently across all devices and sessions.
- Other users still appear able to generate images via the DALL·E button or API, indicating this may be isolated to the function-call prompt pipeline.
- No mention of the outage is currently visible on status.openai.com.
I’d appreciate any confirmation from OpenAI staff or developers regarding:
- Whether this issue has been acknowledged internally.
- If there’s an ETA for a fix or a recommended workaround.
Thank you for your time, and please let me know if further diagnostic details would help.