ChatGPT Goes Down Globally for 50 Minutes... Outage Hits API and Codex Simultaneously

On the morning of the 25th, OpenAI's ChatGPT went down globally for approximately 50 minutes due to a server outage, and the disruption extended to its API and the coding tool Codex.

According to DownDetector tallies, the outage occurred simultaneously worldwide, affecting not only the U.S. and Europe but also India, the UAE, Japan, and Australia. The scope of the impact was widespread, with reports exceeding 1,000 in India alone.

This incident was confirmed to have affected the company's entire infrastructure. While OpenAI has implemented fixes, it has not disclosed the specific cause of the outage or the exact time of recovery.