OpenAI Assistant Internal Server Error on 22nd January 2025 IST

Is anyone facing this error while using the OpenAI Assistant?

Error code: 500 - 'error': {
        'message': (
            "The server had an error processing your request. Sorry about that! You can retry your request, or contact us through our help center at help.openai.com if you keep seeing this error. (Please include the request ID <req_id> in your email.)"
        ),
        'type': 'server_error',
        'param': None,
        'code': None
    }
}

I didn’t get this one.

BUT, actually (the first time for me here) a lot didn’t work correctly.

  • Custom GPTs I made suddenly didn’t work.
  • Some picture generations didn’t work.
  • The model(s) - especially 4o claimed repeatedly to have accomplished/executed a task and didn’t do anything.
  • Then, several times I got out of the blue (after 3 or 4 messages in a new chat):
    Then I got like written in here (older thread, I guess): You have Sent too many Messages to the Model, Please try again later
  • Plus, it said several times that I’ve shot all my messages when just using a view
  • Picture generation took for ever.

etc.

All at once…

BUT,

this one didn’t show any degradation.

So I got only two conclusions left:

a) either it is because they’re developing something new.
We’ve often seen a kind of degradation and then - woof - something new popped up. For example the tasks or when a model was updated.

b) OR… they have maybe given a lot more power to the 200$ accounts that have all time access…

c) or even… popped up right now spontaneously as well - maybe the’ve changed the model(s) again. And they need to adapt somewhat until they’re running fully again.
It’s almost like booting up a complex system completely.

Any other thoughts?

Those are my best guesses. Anyway.

EDIT: Update, if you have a look on X.com you most likely now why:

Server issues because they try to extend massively, see on X.com for more information: OpenAI on X

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Thanks for your response @hugebelts. Now, its started working.

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