# OpenAI Batch API failing since 19th August

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/openai-batch-api-failing-since-19th-august/1393174>\
**Category:** Bugs\
**Tags:** file-uploads, batch-api, responses-api\
**Created:** [August 28, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/openai-batch-api-failing-since-19th-august/1393174 "2026-08-28T06:45:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricGT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ericgt/32/20571_2.png) [@EricGT](https://community.openai.com/u/EricGT)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 10:58am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/openai-batch-api-failing-since-19th-august/1393174/5 "2026-08-28T10:58:15Z")

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Note: I do not use API with batch.

This topic seems to be the same as

> [@Batch API /v1/responses cannot access valid purpose=batch input\_file\_id](https://community.openai.com/t/batch-api-v1-responses-cannot-access-valid-purpose-batch-input-file-id/1393149):
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> Hi, I’m seeing what appears to be a file resolution / authorization issue when creating a text Batch API request using /v1/responses. The input JSONL file is successfully uploaded with purpose=batch and is fully accessible through the Files API using the same API key, but the Batch API reports that it cannot find or access the file. This appears similar to recently reported Batch file-access issues, but in this case the failure occurs with the Batch input JSONL file itself, not an image or at…

As such will be setting this topic to close in three hours.

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