Is OpenAI slow right now?

OpenAI responded in 42ms, which is within normal range. If it feels slow on your end, the issue may be your network or ISP.

How often does OpenAI experience outages?

Most major services maintain high uptime. OpenAI may experience brief outages during maintenance, traffic spikes, or infrastructure issues. Check the incident history section for recent data.

What should I do if OpenAI is down?

Check OpenAI's official status page at status.openai.com for active incidents Refresh the page — ChatGPT sessions can timeout during periods of high demand Try again in a few minutes — OpenAI often has capacity limits during peak hours

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Is OpenAI Down Right Now?

Q: Is OpenAI down right now?

Based on our latest check, OpenAI (openai.com) is operational with a 42ms response time and HTTP status 403.

OpenAI is an AI research company that develops ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E, and other AI models powering applications worldwide. Check live server status, AI-detected outage signals, and community reports below.

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Our probeReachable · 42ms

Reports (1h)No reports

Possible degradation

Server is responding but either slowly or with client-error status codes.

What this means

OpenAI is responding but appears degraded — slow response or 4xx/5xx errors observed. Some users may see partial failures.

DegradedHTTP probe

No major incidents detected in the last 30 minutes

openai.comUpdated just now

403

HTTP Status

42ms

Latency

06:57:34

Checked At

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Outage history

Outage Evidence

Synthesized from probe, status page, reports, and external signals

VerdictPossible degradation

Regional reachability

Live probeHTTP 403 · 42ms · reachable · one region · see regional probes below

Official statusNot detected

User reports0 reports in last 24h

External signalsNo fresh signals from X, Reddit, news, or third-party status monitors (last 72h)

Automated source scan. Always verify critical incidents with the official provider status page.

0reports / 24h

Signals behind this result3 signals observed

HTTP probe

Responded 403 in 42ms

Normal

DNS resolution

Resolved in 21ms

Normal

Response latency

42ms round-trip

Normal

Down for everyone or just you?

Down for everyone

Our probe fails · Server-side outage · Status page incident

Just you

Our probe succeeds · Try: clear cache, switch network, disable VPN

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OpenAI Not Working? Try These Fixes

1Check OpenAI's official status page at status.openai.com for active incidents
2Refresh the page — ChatGPT sessions can timeout during periods of high demand
3Try again in a few minutes — OpenAI often has capacity limits during peak hours
4Clear your browser cache and cookies for chat.openai.com and openai.com
5If the API is failing, check your API key and rate limits in your OpenAI dashboard
6Switch from ChatGPT Plus to GPT-4 API or vice versa to isolate the issue
7Check if the issue is with ChatGPT specifically vs. the OpenAI API — they can have separate outages

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