ChatGPT Outage Disrupts Service for Thousands as OpenAI Scrambles to Fix Error Rates

ChatGPT outage: OpenAI's chatbot is down for some users

OpenAI's artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT is down for some users. The company said it is "currently experiencing issues," including "increased ChatGPT error rates," according to an update on OpenAI's status page. "We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery," the status page said. OpenAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Roughly 3,000 people reported issues with the chatbot on Tuesday, according to Downdetector, a website that tracks outages. OpenAI kickstarted the AI boom with the launch of ChatGPT three years ago. As of October, OpenAI said more than 800 million people use the chatbot each week.

No, it's not just you - ChatGPT is having some issues, but OpenAI is working on it

Whether you were asking ChatGPT for some help with an email, to give you the best recipe possible for some chicken noodle soup, or any other number of queries, it's clear that the AI chatbot is having some issues today. And OpenAI's already confirmed something is up. In a post shortly after 2:40PM ET on its status page, OpenAI writes, "We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services." The good news is it is working on mitigation, but given that Down Detector reports are increasing, and I, as well as a few of my colleagues, can't get ChatGPT to respond, we're spinning up a live blog to track this ChatGPT outage. So read on for the latest, and TechRadar has reached out to OpenAI for more details and even a resolution timeline on this ChatGPT issue.

Is ChatGPT down today? OpenAI outage hits users globally as Downdetector logs over tens of thousands complaints

Is ChatGPT Down? Popular artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT from OpenAI is experiencing an outage tuesday, December 2, 2025 according to user reports. The Downdetector website reported problems with OpenAI, the platform's parent company. As of 2:20 pm ET time more than 12,000 people reported outages in Downdetector. User reports indicate that the majority of the problems -- 93% -- were with ChatGPT. Users reported lag issues, timeouts, and the app crashing. As of writing, there are no updates from OpenAI on ChatGpt outage. [Edit 1: In an update, the OpenAI server status page says they reported increased ChatGPT error rates on December 2, 2025, beginning with an update at 02:42 PM, noting they had identified the cause of elevated errors and were working on a mitigation. By 02:57 PM, the status page confirmed the issue was still being investigated as degraded performance continued across affected services. At 03:12 PM, OpenAI announced that a mitigation had been applied and that the team was now monitoring the system's recovery.] Yes, as of December 2, 2025, ChatGPT is experiencing a global outage, with over 12,000 user reports on Downdetector and widespread complaints about lag, timeouts, and crashes. You can check the official OpenAI Status page or third-party sites like Downdetector to see if the issue is affecting a large number of users or just your connection. Users are mainly reporting lag issues, timeouts, and app crashes, with 93% of the problems specifically linked to ChatGPT itself. As of now, there are no official updates or statements from OpenAI regarding the cause or expected resolution time for this outage.