ChatGPT down: Thousands report errors and login issues

Thousands of users in the United States experienced disruptions with OpenAI’s ChatGPT as of 07:32 am IST on Wednesday, with outage tracking site Downdetector reporting over 8,500 affected users.

According to the report, 81% of users flagged issues specifically with ChatGPT, while 10% reported problems with the website and 9% with the app.

Some users encountered login difficulties, while others received error messages or were unable to load chats, with the aler “unusual activity” popping up.


Although users in India also reported problems, the numbers were significantly lower, with 153 cases recorded by 7:30 AM.

OpenAI’s service status page confirmed the disruption, stating: “We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.”