ChatGPT users have reported issues.

12:23, Sat, Jul 25, 2026 Updated: 12:23, Sat, Jul 25, 2026

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ChatGPT is down according to thousands of users as OpenAI suffers a reported outage. ChatGPT said "the stream is disconnecting intermittently," and "users may encounter issues in conversations".

Thousands of users in the UK are also being affected. ChatGPT is one of OpenAI key products and tools. ChatGPT and OpenAI have not yet published an official comment on the outage through its official social media accounts.

They are working to fix the issues and said "mitigation" has been applied. Meanwhile, users are experiencing issues with log in and chats on both the website and the app.

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Open AI 'fully operational'

"We’re not aware of any issues affecting our systems," the latest OpenAI update said. 

It also added they are now "fully operational".

Other softwares affected

Issues are also affecting APIs (series of rules that allow softwares to communicate with each other) and Codex (a code-writing tool).

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OpenAI 'monitoring the recovery'

OpenAI "monitoring the recovery".

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Issues started one hour ago

The issues started approximately one hour ago, OpenAI said on its website.

No official comments yet

ChatGPT and OpenAI have not yet published an official comment on the outage through its official social media accounts.

Issues with website and app

On social media, however, users are still reporting issues with login, chats, and other features on both the website and the app.

ChatGPT 'recovering' after outage

A "mitigation" has been applied, OpenAI said, and the issues are being resolved.

What is OpenAI?

ChatGPT is run by OpenAI, which is an artificial intelligence research organization that develops generative AI systems, (chatbot). 

It was founded in 2015 and ChatGPT is one of its main tools and products. 

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OpenAI 'monitoring the recovery'

OpenAI has confirmed the worldwide outage, but also added: "We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery."

'Third outage this week'

Some users commenting on social media are saying this is the third outage of the week.

Error message

Here is one of the messages users are currently seeing when trying to use ChatGPT.

UK users affected

In the UK, reports of issues were at their peak around 10am when over 3000 reports were made.

ChatGPT investigating issues

ChatGPT has confirmed the issues. They said "the stream is disconnecting intermittently," and "users may encounter issues in conversations".

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