OpenAI image generation API errors
Moderation, verification, billing and request-shape errors from the OpenAI Images API (gpt-image models).
Every error text on these pages is quoted verbatim from OpenAI's documentation or from a public issue where someone hit it, with the source linked on each page.
| Status | Error | Retry? |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Billing hard limit has been reached | No |
| 400 | content_policy_violation | No |
| 400 | Your request was rejected by the safety system | No |
| 403 | Your organization must be verified to use the model | No |
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded for images per minute | Depends |