What breaks when OpenAI goes down?
OpenAI is an upstream dependency for 14 AI tools we track. When it has an outage, these can degrade or fail — and 1 have no fallback at all.
Blast radius
14
tools affected · 1 with no fallback
Tools that depend on OpenAI
Ranked by how hard they break. Every relationship is sourced — click a badge to verify.
- DegradedChatGPTCriticalNo fallback
- OperationalGitHub CopilotCriticalCan switch
- OperationalCursorHighCan switch
- OperationalWindsurfHighCan switch
- TabnineHighCan switch
- Sourcegraph CodyHighCan switch
- ContinueHighCan switch
- AiderHighCan switch
- OperationalPerplexityHighCan switch
- OperationalPoeHighCan switch
- You.comHighCan switch
- ClineHighCan switch
- Roo CodeHighCan switch
- ZedHighCan switch
What to use instead right now
Operational tools that don't depend on OpenAI (so a OpenAIoutage won't take them with it):
Dependencies are curated and sourced (evidence shown per row). Impact and "no fallback" reflect public model/provider documentation, not a confirmed real-time outage of each product. AIDownCheck is independent and not affiliated with OpenAI. See the full OpenAI dependency profile →