# ChatGPT Is Down, Here’s What OpenAI Says Is Happening

> Source: <https://www.machinebrief.com/news/chatgpt-is-down-heres-what-openai-says-is-happening-b32o>
> Published: 2026-08-20 00:24:21+00:00

# ChatGPT Is Down, Here’s What OpenAI Says Is Happening

By Erik Kain, Senior ContributorSource:

[Forbes Innovation](https://www.forbes.com/innovation/)[OpenAI](/glossary/openai)has confirmed that logins and signups on

[chatgpt](/compare/chatgpt-vs-claude).com are failing, with users seeing an authentication key error. Here's the status and what we know so far.

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