Global ChatGPT Outage. Users Around the World Cannot Access the Chatbot

Author: Elena Shimanovskaya | Editor-in-Chief: Vitaly Kisterny 31.08.2026 20:15:00

On August 31, 2026, ChatGPT users worldwide faced major issues with the service — from inability to log into their accounts to infinite page loading and errors when sending requests. Outages were reported in Russia, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries, and OpenAI has already confirmed the technical problems.

Information about the outage appeared on the DownDetector service, which recorded a sharp spike in complaints, as well as on the official OpenAI page, where company engineers are working to resolve the issue.

Users worldwide on August 31, 2026, faced problems with the popular ChatGPT chatbot.

Photo: © Belnovosti / Phone on the table. Author Vitaly Kisterny. Users from Russia, Brazil, Germany, the Netherlands, and other countries are reporting outages.

The DownDetector service recorded a sharp spike in complaints.

Users report inability to log into their accounts, errors when sending requests, and infinite page loading.

On the official OpenAI page, the company confirmed that services are experiencing increased latency and errors.

Additionally, there are issues with accessing Codex — OpenAI's programming platform.

The company's engineers are already working on resolving the issues.

At the time of publication, the exact cause of the outage was not disclosed.

The timeline for restoring service remains unknown.

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