2025-10-30T20:17:44.265Z

In line with OpenAI rolling out a fix for a bug causing errors in ChatGPT responses, Down Detector reports are now under 1,00, currently showing 463 reports as of 4:01 PM ET.

ChatGPT is back up on my free account on desktop and mobile, with only mobile taking a bit longer to deliver a response. It seems like OpenAI is well on the way to full recovery, more than an hour after issues began with ChatGPT.

2025-10-30T20:10:33.132Z

OpenAI’s deployed a fix for the issue

Now, a bit over an hour after ChatGPT began having issues, OpenAI says it has deployed a fix as of 4:07 PM ET. Here’s the update:

We have deployed a fix to restore functionality and are monitoring to confirm resolution.

It’s certainly promising and does line up with reported issues dropping on Down Detector. I’ve just given ChatGPT a go again on the desktop and got a response, albeit after a longer processing time, but it’s still showing an error on mobile.

Hopefully, we’ll all be back to normal shortl,y and free users will be able to use ChatGPT again.

2025-10-30T20:02:53.893Z

As is typically the case with outages – including Starbucks and Xbox Network just yesterday – impacted folks are taking to social platforms, with some even asking OpenAI’s Sam Altman what’s going on?

2025-10-30T19:57:56.701Z

Down Detector reports are starting to drop

While reports on Down Detector spiked to over 2,600, they have started to dip slightly, but remain elevated. As of 3:40 PM ET – the last update on the service – reports were over 1,100, suggesting that OpenAI is making good progress in mitigating the issue.

2025-10-30T19:54:27.578Z

OpenAI has identified the problem

As of 3:24 PM ET, OpenAI write,s “We have identified the issue and are working to mitigate it.” The ChatGPT maker isn’t yet providing details on what is causing the issue, but it has identified the issue and is working on a resolution.

As we noted above, this outage is mostly affecting free ChatGPT users, so if you have a paid account or one through enterprise or education, you’re likely not seeing issues.

2025-10-30T19:50:16.186Z

As someone with a free ChatGPT account, here’s what responses currently look like from the chatbot. ChatGPT isn’t saying much, if anything, just returning an error.

2025-10-30T19:48:28.147Z

OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is having problems for free accounts

OpenAI is at least quick to confirm the issues here: the official status page reads, “Increased errors on ChatGPT conversations for free users,” and confirms a partial outage.

2025-10-30T19:36:17.946Z

Down Detector reports are spiking

As you can see just before 3PM ET, reports for issues on ChatGPT began spiking and I’ve been getting an error in my attempts to use the AI chatbot on the dekstop and via the iOS app.