ChatGPT Down? Users Report Major Outage Worldwide

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot owned by Sam Altman’s OpenAI, faced a disruption on Monday, with thousands of users reporting outage issues across multiple regions.

According to data from Downdetector, user reports showed problems with ChatGPT on Monday. At the time of writing this article, the complaints related to the platform have crossed more than 1,000 complaints on DownDetector. Right after a few minutes, the number of complaints jumped from under 1,000 to above 1,500.

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— BPT (@bpthaber) April 20, 2026

Is #Chatgpt down? I’ve lost access to all my conversations, projects, etc

— Waqy (@waqyyy) April 20, 2026

@ChatGPTapp #ChatGPT is down….

…and the entire working world grinds to a standstill!

— David Munro – reporting truth and facts (@OneCynicalWorld) April 20, 2026

Is ChatGPT down?

— Narayani Gurunathan (@Narayani07) April 20, 2026

ChatGPT’s status checker said it was currently experiencing issues on both its main platform and Codex. “Users may encounter issues with ChatGPT Business after upgrade or adding new seats for up to an hour. We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery,” it said.

As reports of ChatGPT outages spread quickly, searches for “ChatGPT down” surged on social media, with users posting memes, jokes, and instant reactions. Many quipped about having to rely on their own brains, while others joked about rushing to X to check if the disruption was global as OpenAI worked on a fix.