Card #2231 · OpenAI Platform & APIs
Unexplained account suspensions and false-positive bans
Users are experiencing sudden account suspensions without prior warning or clear explanations of policy violations. Many report these as false positives, with some facing rejected appeals despite maintaining legitimate paid subscriptions.
Pain score
0.20/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.40distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.97upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization1.00willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 3 verified quotes
My paid ChatGPT Pro 20X account was suddenly suspended today without any prior system warning, violation notice, or official explanation for the ban.
I use ChatGPT Pro only for coding and development, so there’s absolutely no way I could’ve violated their usage policies
just confirmed that OpenAI is randomly banning accounts without any reason . I still had one month left on my ChatGPT Plus subscription.
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