How do I check if OpenAI is down?

[Terrox]

As happens sometimes, the OpenAI API is down but my try/catch method still causes a 500 error coming from the client library.

First I do this to check a thread ID exists.

            $thread = $client->threads()->retrieve($existing_thread_id);

if not I try to create a new thread, but when the OpenAI API is down this causes the following 500 exception.

            $thread = $client->threads()->create(['tool_resources' => $tool_resources]);

`Uncaught TypeError: OpenAI\Responses\Threads\ThreadResponse::from(): Argument #1 ($attributes) must be of type array, string given, called in /srv/www//public_html/wp-content/plugins//vendor/openai-php/client/src/Resources/Threads.php on line 88 and defined in /srv/www//public_html/wp-content/plugins/**/vendor/openai-php/client/src/Responses/Threads/ThreadResponse.php:46

Stack trace:

#0 /srv/www//public_html/wp-content/plugins/*/vendor/openai-php/client/src/Resources/Threads.php(88): OpenAI\Responses\Threads\ThreadResponse::from()

#1 /srv/www//public_html/wp-content/plugins/*/shared_functions.php(147): OpenAI\Resources\Threads->retrieve()

#2 /srv/www/***/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): aichat_handle_ajax()

#3 /srv/www/***/public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()

#4 /srv/www/***/public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()

#5 /srv/www/***/public_html/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php(192): do_action()

#6 {main}`