Global ChatGPT Outage Reported by Users
Users worldwide reported widespread outages in the ChatGPT service, with issues including access problems, login failures, and unresponsiveness, as tracked by Downdetector. The disruptions affected multiple countries and coincided with similar issues in other AI platforms.
Consensus
- Users from multiple countries reported issues with the ChatGPT service.
- The issues were tracked by the Downdetector service.
- Problems included difficulties accessing the chatbot, login failures, and lack of response from the bot.
- The outages occurred around 17:25–18:15 MSK on September 3.
- Other AI services, including Grok and Claude AI, also experienced disruptions.
- OpenAI acknowledged the issues and stated that engineers were working to resolve them.
Points of divergence
- The first complaints began around 17:25 MSK, with nearly 13,000 reports from the US, and issues were also reported in Canada, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and other countries. — vesti
- As of 18:15 MSK, about 3,500 users reported issues, with the highest numbers from the US (5%), Moscow (5%), Kazakhstan (4%), St. Petersburg (4%), and the Moscow region (3%). — vedomosti
- The outage occurred on September 3, with over 3,000 complaints in half an hour, and previous outages were reported on July 25. Additionally, a nationwide internet outage in Russia affected multiple services including banks, cinemas, telecom providers, and Steam. — vm
- As of 19:00, over 1,100 complaints were recorded, with 85% related to ChatGPT malfunction, 6% to login issues, and 5% to app failures. Complaints came from the US, Mexico, and other countries. — riamo
- OpenAI stated that the errors occurred specifically during use of the ChatGPT Work mode, and that technical teams were actively resolving the issue. — tg_varlamov_news
- Codex, another OpenAI platform for programming tasks, also experienced malfunctions. — vesti
Coverage (7 sources)
- Users report ChatGPT chatbot malfunctions, according to Downdetector service report. — ТАСС (Telegram)
- In several countries, users reported ChatGPT malfunctions — Вести
- A glitch occurred in ChatGPT — Ведомости
- Mass outage occurred in ChatGPT operation worldwide — Вечерняя Москва
- Users reported a glitch in ChatGPT operation — РИАМО
- Users from different countries report ChatGPT service issues, according to Downdetector data. — Varlamov News
- Users reported ChatGPT malfunctions — Вести