ChatGPT was down — latest updates on outage

Down Detector has two spikes

As mentioned, ChatGPT initially went down around 7:45 a.m. Pacific before quickly resolving.

The current spikes shows over 2,000 reports on Down Detector starting around 9:30 a.m. Pacific.

OpenAI Status page shows problems

The official OpenAI status page is showing ChatGPT as "experiencing issues."

As of this post the status page shows the Help Center down and ChatGPT having "conversation errors."

I'm also seeing an elevated error rate and a failure to load "subscriscription issue."

What social media is saying

I haven't seen anything official from OpenAI beyond the status page.

But there are complaints on social media. Over on the ChatGPT subreddit, there are several posts with people saying the model either isn't loading or is moving very slowly.

One user posted an image that showed a "too many concurrent requests" error.

How widespread is it?

Are you experiencing issues with ChatGPT?

I tested it out with the vague prompt, "Do something" and it ended up telling me a short story before asking if I wanted the story as a comic.

Another colleague reported that ChatGPT is working fine for them.

Shoot me an email at scott.younker@futurenet.com if you're seeing ChatGPT issues.

Another short spike?

After hitting a peak around 2,000 reports, things have taken a deep dive to around 500 reports on DD.

The OpenAI status page has not changed and lists the company has investigating the issue.

It's been a bit of a rollercoaster today. The first spike dropped down to around 500 reports before the second one popped up.

So, I'm going to keep an eye on things in case it continues to dip and rise.

Fix implemented

OpenAI is now saying that it has "applied the mitigation" to ChatGPT and are monitoring the model's recovery.

It seems to be working as reports have finally hit around 200 on down Detector.