# Timed out waiting for Vector Store ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Bugs\ **Tags:** api, vector-store\ **Created:** [January 9, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328 "2026-01-09T14:10:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![magarrent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/magarrent/32/671069_2.png) [@magarrent](https://community.openai.com/u/magarrent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/1 "2026-01-09T14:10:19Z")
Vector stores API is failing again: ![CleanShot 2026-01-09 at 15.09.34@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/2/9/8/2986f9f9f388c949293c9f81576ada33b24c3681.png) Uploading files on the Vector stores using API/Platform is failing. The status is forever in\_progress ---
**Author:** ![TomKay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TomKay](https://community.openai.com/u/TomKay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/2 "2026-01-09T14:17:13Z")
See my topic a few posts below your own ---
**Author:** ![magarrent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/magarrent/32/671069_2.png) [@magarrent](https://community.openai.com/u/magarrent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/3 "2026-01-09T14:18:16Z")
Saw it! This is not the first time… Vector store API fails a lot, and sometimes for days ---
**Author:** ![\_j](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/_j/32/766292_2.png) [@\_j](https://community.openai.com/u/_j)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/4 "2026-01-09T15:20:43Z")
Yep - failure in attaching a file to a vector store. > Polling gave status in\_progress… > Traceback (most recent call last): > File “\vs\_metadata\_demo-poller.py”, line 64, in > file1\_id = upload\_attach\_poll(vs\_id, file=filename, suffix=“”) > File “\vs\_metadata\_demo-poller.py”, line 59, in upload\_attach\_poll > raise TimeoutError(f"file {file\_id} remained ‘in\_progress’ after {max\_retries} retries") > TimeoutError: file file-DVcZnfif46mJXyy6wRNq1R remained ‘in\_progress’ after 30 retries A minute for bum-diddly non-progressing status. Failure on attaching a `.py` needing no special extraction, and ideally no deep inspection (the script uploads itself). * * * Result: API platform wide “chat with this file” broken. ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/5 "2026-01-09T16:27:53Z")
I just saw this topic and tried to reproduce the issue, but everything works as expected on my end. File uploads, vector store creation, and adding files to vector stores all completed without errors. Are you still experiencing this problem? ---
**Author:** ![\_j](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/_j/32/766292_2.png) [@\_j](https://community.openai.com/u/_j)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/6 "2026-01-09T16:38:40Z")
Ridiculously slow, but didn’t timeout now. ---
**Author:** ![magarrent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/magarrent/32/671069_2.png) [@magarrent](https://community.openai.com/u/magarrent)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 8:29am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/7 "2026-01-10T08:29:33Z")
Happening again, timeout on attach files ---
**Author:** ![Dmitry\_Shaurov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/dmitry_shaurov/32/512438_2.png) [@Dmitry\_Shaurov](https://community.openai.com/u/Dmitry_Shaurov)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/8 "2026-01-10T11:17:07Z")
I have the same issue too. ---
**Author:** ![TomKay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TomKay](https://community.openai.com/u/TomKay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/9 "2026-01-09T13:37:37Z")
Hello everyone, we are working with vector stores via make(com) and upload files to there. I even tried to upload the files by myself, but it just shows “upload failed”. Is anything known right now? Thanks for looking into it. Tom //edit: And while I am still here: Why I can only upload .pdf but not .PDF - this doesnt make any sense to me… we always have to rename files first… ![vectorstores](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/c/a/0/ca00f05b2fe71a3aef04abc35a0086aecbb31c33.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/10 "2026-01-10T11:26:38Z")
I’ve raised this with the team, but I can’t confirm it myself at this point. Thanks for flagging this. If you can share any request IDs, that would help with investigating the issue. ---
**Author:** ![\_j](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/_j/32/766292_2.png) [@\_j](https://community.openai.com/u/_j)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/11 "2026-01-10T14:17:33Z")
Vector stores seem to be working okay, not polling forever with a stuck status like yesterday’s fault. One issue persists where the API has broken its “contract” and the SDK’s built in upload-and-poll method that worked before to make an immediate status call against a file ID became “fails” - file IDs are not immediately available in a vector store attachment listing, not even with an “in\_progress” status. Watch this monitoring keeping > – Creating vector store > create ok: vs\_id=vs\_69625c7c5c4c81919bb4b912cd672739 > – Uploading file: vs\_metadata\_demo.py > upload ok: file\_id=file-R39d3oZhtqPvkE3LJK5xSY > – Attaching file to vector store: vs\_id=vs\_69625c7c5c4c81919bb4b912cd672739 file\_id=file-R39d3oZhtqPvkE3LJK5xSY > attach ok: vs\_file\_id=file-R39d3oZhtqPvkE3LJK5xSY > – Listing check (immediate after attach (file1)): expecting file\_id=file-R39d3oZhtqPvkE3LJK5xSY > **listing mismatch: file is NOT present (count=0)** > – Listing check (after 2s delay (file1)): expecting file\_id=file-R39d3oZhtqPvkE3LJK5xSY > listing ok: file is present (count=1) > – Polling vector store file status: vs\_id=vs\_69625c7c5c4c81919bb4b912cd672739 file\_id=file-R39d3oZhtqPvkE3LJK5xSY > polling attempt 1/30: status=completed > poll ok: terminal status=completed > – File1 ready: file\_id=file-R39d3oZhtqPvkE3LJK5xSY * * * This “slow” API vector store attachment behavior will break code when you haven’t written your own poller that awaits a file ID to even exist. That could damage other applications of providers that haven’t adapted to this pattern. Note for good communication: - “upload” - send to the files endpoint - “attach” - “upload” a file ID to a vector store for document extraction and chunking ---
**Author:** ![magarrent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/magarrent/32/671069_2.png) [@magarrent](https://community.openai.com/u/magarrent)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/12 "2026-01-10T20:00:33Z")
Hey @VeitB any news? Seems to be working better now, I think… ---
**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/13 "2026-01-10T20:18:37Z")
No updates from my side yet. Thanks for checking back and confirming that things are working for you now. @Dmitry_Shaurov @TomKay How is it looking on your end? Are you still experiencing this issue? ---
**Author:** ![Dmitry\_Shaurov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/dmitry_shaurov/32/512438_2.png) [@Dmitry\_Shaurov](https://community.openai.com/u/Dmitry_Shaurov)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/14 "2026-01-10T23:09:36Z")
Better that this morning but not as good as several days ago. 1k small (\<10 KB) documents earlier this week: ~ 30 min this morning: ~ 5-6h now: ~ 1h ---
**Author:** ![magarrent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/magarrent/32/671069_2.png) [@magarrent](https://community.openai.com/u/magarrent)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 10:28am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/15 "2026-01-11T10:28:30Z")
Failing again! From early this morning, many issues again. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/1/8/f/18f22dcf73f20dc435ecddaa11188a37605db995.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![nasa\_sak\_0k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nasa\_sak\_0k](https://community.openai.com/u/nasa_sak_0k)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/16 "2026-01-11T13:33:10Z")
Total stand still. Nothing happens since Jan 10, 2026, 10:22 PM ---
**Author:** ![TomKay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TomKay](https://community.openai.com/u/TomKay)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/17 "2026-01-12T09:07:10Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/3/0/f/30fd7be896c5b7534a191462fe058df39d9370a8.png) nope, still doesnt work but burning our make credits 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Prashant\_Pardesi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Prashant\_Pardesi](https://community.openai.com/u/Prashant_Pardesi)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/18 "2026-01-12T14:51:19Z")
Hey everyone, Apologies for the inconvenience. Would anybody from the thread can open a support request with us at [support@openai.com](mailto:support@openai.com). Since we are not able to reproduce the issue, we might need some further details and so having a support request with us will help us gain those details. Please make sure to provide your forum username and a link to this thread in your request. Further, if possible share the case id here with us so we can track it. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![TomKay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TomKay](https://community.openai.com/u/TomKay)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/19 "2026-01-12T15:03:25Z")
Will write a message to you in a bit, also sharing the vectorstore-id. ---
**Author:** ![TomKay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@TomKay](https://community.openai.com/u/TomKay)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328/20 "2026-01-13T13:25:59Z")
@Prashant_Pardesi I have sent an email just a minute ago. [Next page](https://community.openai.com/t/timed-out-waiting-for-vector-store-id/1371328.md?page=2)