ChatGPT is experiencing a widespread outage, with users across the US, Europe, India, Japan, Australia, and other regions reporting access problems for over an hour. OpenAI has acknowledged the disruption and is actively investigating the issue.
OpenAI Acknowledges the Disruption
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, the outage appears to have affected an extensive user base worldwide, including users from North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region. This suggests the cause is more likely on the provider’s end, not users’ local internet connections.
Outage Hits Multiple Regions Simultaneously
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 or web page loaded intermittently, which happens during a partial outage.
This is not the first time OpenAI has faced such issues. In May, services beyond ChatGPT were affected by an 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.