I was seeing on Reddit today that ChatGTP had an outage. It appears to have lasted a few hours before the service was restored. Ao, how big is this? At the moment, I don’t rely on ChatGTP much. However, I can see that changing and me becoming more dependent on the ChatGTP service.

ChatGPT experienced an outage earlier today, affecting thousands of users for about 30 minutes. According to OpenAI, the issue has since been resolved, with most users regaining access by 5 PM ET. The outage impacted both ChatGPT’s web interface and mobile apps, leading to increased error rates and unresponsive sessions. At its peak, over 19,000 users reported problems via Downdetector .

Although the exact cause of the outage hasn’t been confirmed, OpenAI is investigating the matter. Outages like these highlight the challenges of maintaining stable services for such widely used platforms. OpenAI reassured users that improving reliability remains a priority .