How to Choose a GPT-Image Channel: Differences Between the 3 Channel Types (Official Relay vs. Reverse-Engineered, -all, -vip), Historical Failures, and 5 Fallback Strategies
Author’s note: This article compares three GPT-Image channel types (official, -all, and -vip) on billing, image sizes, and partial editing. It also reviews historical incidents from April to October 2026 and proposes a fallback plan built on limited retries, a circuit breaker, and a backup channel. If you’re integrating GPT-Image, you’ll quickly notice that the…