{"slug": "is-chatgpt-down-openai-experiencing-issues-with-some-users-unable-to-log-in", "title": "Is ChatGPT down? OpenAI ‘experiencing issues’ with some users unable to log in", "summary": "OpenAI is experiencing a major outage affecting ChatGPT, with users worldwide unable to log in or load conversations as of 5am ET Saturday. The OpenAI status page reports elevated error rates and says mitigation has been applied, while DownDetector logged over 3,000 user reports, with 79% for ChatGPT, 9% for the app, and 8% for Codex.", "body_md": "# Is ChatGPT down? OpenAI ‘experiencing issues’ with some users unable to log in\n\nThe outage is hitting users worldwide\n\n- Bookmark\n- CommentsGo to comments\n\n[ChatGPT](/topic/chatgpt) is experiencing a major outage, with users worldwide unable to log in or load conversations.\n\nThe outage began at about 5am ET on Saturday (10am GMT).\n\nAn [OpenAI](/topic/openai) status page said that the AI tool is currently “experiencing issues” and has “elevated error rates”.\n\n“We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery,” it said.\n\nThe outage is also affecting APIs and OpenAI’s coding platform, Codex.\n\n‘Is ChatGPT down?’ is trending on Google, and more than 3,000 users flagged on the website DownDetector that the chatbot was not working on Saturday morning.\n\nSeventy-nine per cent of the outage reports relating to OpenAI were for ChatGPT, while 9 per cent were for the app and 8 per cent were for Codex, according to DownDetector.\n\n*This is a breaking news story. More to come. **Subscribe here **to get the latest updates from The Independent.*\n\n## Join our commenting forum\n\nJoin thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies\n\n[Comments](#comments-area)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-chatgpt-down-openai-experiencing-issues-with-some-users-unable-to-log-in", "canonical_source": "https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/chatgpt-down-openai-error-server-not-working-b3021424.html", "published_at": "2026-07-25 10:42:22+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-25 11:02:57.354914+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "ChatGPT", "Codex", "DownDetector"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-chatgpt-down-openai-experiencing-issues-with-some-users-unable-to-log-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-chatgpt-down-openai-experiencing-issues-with-some-users-unable-to-log-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-chatgpt-down-openai-experiencing-issues-with-some-users-unable-to-log-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/is-chatgpt-down-openai-experiencing-issues-with-some-users-unable-to-log-in.jsonld"}}