ChatGPT Outage Resolved After Affecting Users for Over 8 Hours

Temporary Disruption

Yesterday, popular chatbot ChatGPT experienced a partial outage that affected users from around 10:10 PM PT to 6:50 AM PT. The outage prevented users from accessing the service's AI-powered conversation and information retrieval capabilities.

Initial Reports

Reports of the outage began surfacing on social media and online forums as early as 7:30 AM UTC (4:30 PM AEST). OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, confirmed the outage on its status page, indicating that the first issue was reported at 12:21 AM PT.

Resolution and Updates

OpenAI worked diligently to resolve the outage, and the status page was updated to reflect the progress of the fix. The first issue was resolved at 4:45 AM PT, but the service remained partially unavailable for some users.

As of 10:40 AM PDT today, OpenAI's status page indicates that all systems are operational and ChatGPT is available for use.

Impact and Reaction

The outage affected users worldwide, causing frustration and disruption for those who rely on the service for research, writing, coding assistance, and more. OpenAI has apologized for the inconvenience and is working to improve the stability of the platform to prevent similar outages in the future.