Unveiling the Mysterious Global Downfall of OpenAI's ChatGPT

Published On Fri Jan 24 2025
Unveiling the Mysterious Global Downfall of OpenAI's ChatGPT

OpenAI's ChatGPT Down Globally Due To Likely Server Overload

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According to outage tracker website Downdetector, around 4,000 Indian users reported ChatGPT as non-functional between 5:53 PM and 8:40 PM. Root cause was identified at 7:13 PM with a fix implemented within 1.5 hours.

Resolution of the Outage

After a major outage lasting approximately 40 minutes, OpenAI's ChatGPT is back online. The company acknowledged facing a significant outage and a partial outage as well.

The GenAI chatbot encountered a bad gateway error glitch, resulting in increased error rates. The issue was resolved around 8:40 PM IST.

Major Outage Hits OpenAI ChatGPT

OpenAI's API also experienced a one-hour outage, which was addressed by 6:13 PM.

Recent Outage Details

On January 23 at 7:13 PM IST, ChatGPT faced a global outage, impacting users worldwide. Thousands of Indian users reported the chatbot as non-functional, highlighting a bad gateway error with reference code 502.

Such technical glitches occur due to server overload, network problems, configuration errors, or temporary outages on upstream servers. OpenAI confirmed a "Partial Outage" and is actively investigating the issue.

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