Responses API with background=true returning generic "An error occurred" mid-stream — anyone else seeing elevated rates today?

· Community Openai · Sept. 8, 2026, 5:06 p.m.
Summary
The blog post discusses a technical issue with the Responses API from OpenAI, specifically the challenge of handling mid-stream errors when using the `background=true` option. It advises developers to retrieve existing responses and check their status, as well as to provide request/response IDs to Support for investigation.
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