⚠️ChatGPT Suffers Major Global Outage, Taking Down Conversations, Login and Voice Mode
ChatGPT Suffers Major Global Outage, Taking Down Conversati…
TL;DR
OpenAI's ChatGPT went down for thousands of users globally on April 20, with a 'partial outage' lasting at least 90 minutes starting around 10:05am ET.
OpenAI's ChatGPT went down for thousands of users globally on April 20, with a 'partial outage' lasting at least 90 minutes starting around 10:05am ET. At the peak, Downdetector logged more than 8,700 reports in the UK alone and roughly 1,900 in the US before OpenAI deployed a fix and began monitoring recovery.
Key Points
Outage began around 10:05am ET / 3:05pm BST on April 20, 2026
OpenAI status page upgraded incident to 'partial outage' covering conversations, login, voice mode and image generation
More than 8,700 reports in the UK and 1,900 in the US at peak per Downdetector
Why It Matters
Highlights the growing systemic risk of concentrated AI infrastructure as businesses and consumers increasingly depend on a single provider for daily productivity workflows.
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Why does this matter?
Highlights the growing systemic risk of concentrated AI infrastructure as businesses and consumers increasingly depend on a single provider for daily productivity workflows.
What happened?
OpenAI's ChatGPT went down for thousands of users globally on April 20, with a 'partial outage' lasting at least 90 minutes starting around 10:05am ET.
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