Is ChatGPT down?
Sort of — ChatGPT is having issues.
checked 0s ago · 0 user reports in the last 10 min
Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work (identified).
ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI assistant for text, images, voice and web browsing — one of the most-used AI tools in the world.
OpenAI's status page
Read 8m ago — Partial System Degradation open it
As of 10/14/2026, 7:17:48 AM, OpenAI reports ChatGPT as having issues.
Is it just you?
Probably just youNo recent issue reports from other users.
Are you having issues?
What you might be seeing
- Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation.
Affected: Text, Images, Voice, Browse, Tools, Login, Billing, Rate limits
What you can do now
- Retry later
- Switch modality if available
- Pause high-volume workflows
- Switch to a smaller or faster model
- Reduce output length
Outages like this usually last
~108 min
Last time: Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work — back in ? min.
Working right now
Common questions
Why is ChatGPT not working for me?
ChatGPT is currently having service-side problems, so it is probably not you. Degraded performance in Codex and ChatGPT Work: We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services. We are working on implementing a mitigation..
How long do ChatGPT outages usually last?
Based on recent OpenAI incidents we have tracked, outages like this typically resolve in about 108 minutes, though major incidents can take longer.
What can I use while ChatGPT is down?
Right now these comparable AI services report themselves as up: Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity.
Does ChatGPT have an official status page?
Yes — OpenAI publishes an official status page at https://status.openai.com; this page mirrors it.
How reliable is ChatGPT?
Over the last 30 days ChatGPT had 44 incidents totalling about 2261 minutes of disruption, for 94.8% uptime — #27 of 35 of the AI apps we track. The longest single incident lasted 24 hours or more.
How often does ChatGPT go down?
ChatGPT has had 44 incidents in the last 30 days, most recently on October 13, 2026. See the full outage history below.
How reliable is ChatGPT?
94.8%
uptime · last 30 days
44
incidents · 30 days
≥24h
longest outage
#27 of 35
reliability rank
Over the last 30 days ChatGPT had 44 incidents totalling about 2261 minutes of disruption, for 94.8% uptime — #27 of 35 of the AI apps we track. The longest single incident lasted 24 hours or more.
Compare AI reliability →ChatGPT's full outage history →ChatGPT vs Claude →Most reliable AI chatbot →
Recent ChatGPT incidents
How we know
This verdict is OpenAI's own reported status, read every five minutes. Reports from people on this page are shown alongside it, never mixed into it.