Is ChatGPT Down Again? Here Is What We Know

Tech

By Anthony W. Haddad

Published 4 weeks ago on

February 12, 2026

ChatGPT had a possible outage on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Shutterstock)

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT experienced a possible outage Thursday, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 2,000 users have reported an issue at 1:28 PT. OpenAI’s status page has not indicated an issue at this time.

ChatGPT had an issue on Tuesday where the platform had “GPT 5.2 Elevated Error Rates,” according to OpenAI’s status checker.

Update at 1:33 p.m.

More than 3,800 users have now reported an issue about ChatGPT.

OpenAI’s status page now says that there is “Conversation Issues” with the platform. OpenAI says that they are investigating the issue.

Update at 1:41 p.m.

More than 4,300 users have now reported an issue with the platform.

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Anthony W. Haddad,

Multimedia Journalist

Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.