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ChatGPT Outage Causes Global Slowdowns and Error Messages

OpenAI is investigating reports of blank screens alongside elevated error rates on its platform this morning.

Overview

  • Users worldwide began reporting service failures at 8:30 AM local time on June 10.
  • Reports included pages that would not load, unusually slow response times, error messages and blank screens.
  • The exact cause remains unclear, with engineers considering server-side faults or DNS system errors.
  • OpenAI confirmed elevated latency and error rates via its status page and said its technical teams are investigating.
  • User contingencies like restarting devices or switching connections have no effect; past similar outages were typically resolved within hours.