ChatGPT is experiencing a widespread outage, with users in the US, Europe, India, Japan, Australia and other regions reporting access problems for over an hour. OpenAI has acknowledged an issue affecting ChatGPT and said it is investigating the disruption as reports continue to rise.
According to the company’s status page, OpenAI says it is looking into problems affecting listed services. Users have reported being unable to open chats, send prompts, or load responses, while some have also described login failures and slow performance. Outage trackers are showing elevated complaint volumes across multiple countries, suggesting the problem is not limited to a single region.
Based on the reported impact of this incident, it looks like the outage has affected an extensive user base around the world, including users from North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. This suggests the cause of the outage is more likely on the provider’s end, not users’ local internet connections.
Some users impacted by the outage reported that ChatGPT failed to load, while others experienced generation time-outs and error messages. A few users even observed that the app/web page loaded intermittently, which happens when there is a partial outage.
This is not the first time OpenAI has faced such issues. In May, services beyond ChatGPT were affected by the outage, leaving thousands of users unable to access their saved chats.
For now, the company has confirmed it is investigating the issue, while outage-monitoring services continue to log user reports from several regions. The status may change quickly as OpenAI rolls out a fix. However, the incident highlights users’ increasing dependency on ChatGPT for work, study and everyday tasks.