Tue Apr 01 13:30:00 UTC 2025: ## ChatGPT Experiences Widespread Outage, Affecting Thousands

**New York, NY** – A significant outage impacting OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT, disrupted service for thousands of users Monday morning. DownDetector.com reported a peak of over 1,100 users reporting issues just before 9:40 a.m. EDT, with the problems starting around 9:30 a.m. EDT. While the number of reported issues fluctuated throughout the morning, OpenAI acknowledged the problem on its status page, citing “increased error rates in ChatGPT” and stating that its team was working on a solution.

The majority of reported issues (93%) directly involved ChatGPT functionality, with a smaller percentage (6%) related to OpenAI’s website. The outage comes amidst a recent string of major tech service disruptions, including outages affecting Reddit and Meta’s Facebook and Instagram last week.

OpenAI’s status page also noted ongoing issues with new user sign-ups in certain regions, impacting not only ChatGPT but other OpenAI products such as Sora, Playground, and Labs. This issue, classified as a bug, has reportedly persisted for a day.

The outage affected a significant portion of ChatGPT’s user base; the chatbot boasts over 300 million weekly active users and handles over 1 billion user messages daily, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. OpenAI has not yet provided an estimated time for full service restoration. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

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