{"id":9771,"date":"2026-04-21T07:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/9771\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T07:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T07:38:09","slug":"chatgpt-outage-chatgpt-experiences-global-outage-affecting-users-worldwide-etenterpriseai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/9771\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT Outage: ChatGPT Experiences Global Outage Affecting Users Worldwide, ETEnterpriseai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"442\" class=\"unveil\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"width:100%;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/130410430.cms.jpeg\" captionrendered=\"1\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;In addition, OpenAI noted a secondary issue affecting ChatGPT Business, where users may encounter errors for up to an hour after upgrading accounts or adding new seats.&lt;\/p&gt;\"\/>In addition, OpenAI noted a secondary issue affecting ChatGPT Business, where users may encounter errors for up to an hour after upgrading accounts or adding new seats.<a id=\"30721136\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"OpenAI\" source=\"keywords\" class=\"news-keywords\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/openai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI<\/a>\u2019s generative AI chatbot ChatGPT faced service disruptions on Monday evening, with several users across the world reporting issues in accessing the platform, as per a report by ETTech.<\/p>\n<p>As of 8:23 pm, outage tracking website <a id=\"19899723\" type=\"General\" weightage=\"20\" keywordseo=\"Downdetector\" source=\"keywords\" class=\"news-keywords\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/downdetector\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downdetector<\/a> showed that reports in India had climbed to over 900, indicating a widespread disruption.<\/p>\n<p>According to the data, around 79 per cent of users reported general outages, while 11 per cent faced issues with the mobile application and 5 per cent flagged problems accessing ChatGPT through web browsers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseai.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/tag\/openai\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OpenAI<\/a> confirmed the disruptions, stating that the issue is impacting both ChatGPT and its AI coding assistant Codex.<\/p>\n<p>On its official status page, the company said users are currently unable to load the services and the matter is under active investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The status dashboard also flagged a phase of \u201cdegraded performance\u201d, with system uptime for ChatGPT dropping to 99.85 per cent as engineers work to identify the root cause behind the connection failures.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, OpenAI noted a secondary issue affecting ChatGPT Business, where users may encounter errors for up to an hour after upgrading accounts or adding new seats.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI has not yet provided a timeline for full service restoration.\n                                                                    <\/p>\n<p>                                    Published On Apr 21, 2026 at 12:40 PM IST<\/p>\n<p>\n                Join the community of 2M+ industry professionals.<br \/>\n                Subscribe to Newsletter to get latest insights &amp; 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