if this winds up publicized as update-related, i would question the operational decisions taking place within Microsoft.

first - were the updates fully tested in a legitimate test environment? (robust mirror with proper configuration and data) or were they "modeled" on a digital twin?

second - did any canary deployment precede the full rollout which seems to have a performance/capacity issue that borks (highly technical term) servers under load?

third - regardless of the answers for the first two, given their release quality history, should someone be suggesting "hey, this could be an impactful change, we should roll it during a quiet period like 2am Sunday" to mitigate customer impact and provide a longer restoration window option?

or has Microsoft simply asked OpenAI to manage it all...?