OpenAI’s 400 million ChatGPT users experienced “elevated error rates” worldwide on Tuesday as consumers reported thousands of technical issues, according to data from DownDetector.com, a website that tracks online service outages.

OpenAI on Tuesday said a “partial outage” was disrupting functionality for ChatGPT, though the company said it identified the “root cause” of the issue and is implementing a fix, as nearly 2,000 users reported issues with the AI-powered chatbot on DownDetector.

ChatGPT is experiencing a partial outage Tuesday morning, OpenAI confirmed. A partial outage affecting ChatGPT, Sora and APIs is currently under investigation, according to OpenAI's status page. The outage was first reported about five hours ago and reports of users experiencing errors has steadily increased since,

As of 6:32PM ET, OpenAI’s tracker reported a “full recovery in the API,” and that “Nearly all ChatGPT components are now working properly for all users.” The one spot of trouble, however, is voice mode, which still has elevated error rates.

ChatGPT is down this morning and hundreds of people are reporting issues with the AI chatbot. OpenAI is investigating.

OpenAI reported in February 2025 that it had more than 400 million weekly active users worldwide and 10 million paying subscribers to ChatGPT Plus. This story was written with the assistance of AI.

ChatGPT experienced mass outages early Tuesday morning, and thousands of users reported issues. OpenAI is investigating.

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