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ChatGPT Faces Major Outage, Over 2,600 Issues Reported

10/31/2025

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On October 30, 2025, OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced significant outages, with reports peaking at over 2,600 issues by 3 PM ET.
The problems began around 12:15 PM Pacific, with users unable to access the service.
OpenAI acknowledged the issue on its status page and deployed a fix about an hour later.
TechRadar and Tom's Guide are monitoring the developments related to the outage.

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Story summary

On October 30, 2025, OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced significant outages, with reports peaking at over 2,600 issues by 3 PM ET.
The problems began around 12:15 PM Pacific, with users unable to access the service.
OpenAI acknowledged the issue on its status page and deployed a fix about an hour later.
TechRadar and Tom's Guide are monitoring the developments related to the outage.