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ChatGPT Down for Thousands of Users Friday, Downdetector Reports
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By Anthony W. Haddad
Published 1 hour ago on
September 25, 2026

A person stands next to the logo of ChatGPT, an AI-powered chatbot by OpenAI at Bharat Mandapam, one of the venues for AI Impact Summit, in New Delhi, India, February 17, 2026. (Reuters File)

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ChatGPT experienced a possible outage Friday, according to Downdetector.com.

More than 2,700 users had reported problems with the platform as of 3:55 p.m. PT, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources.

ChatGPT’s status checker says that they are not aware of any issues.

Update at 4:03 p.m.

More than 4,000 users have now reported an issue with ChatGPT.

The status checker now indicates problems with Codex. The checker says, “We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.”

Update at 4:25 p.m.

Nearly 8,000 users have now reported an issue with ChatGPT.

The platform’s status checker now says, “Login via API key will unblock access at this time.”

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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.
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