ChatGPT is down for many, as OpenAI confirms an active issue — here's everything we know

03 Feb 2026, 21:15 · TechRadar

ChatGPT is down for many, as OpenAI confirms an active issue — here's everything we know

If you can't log in or get a conversation with ChatGPT going, you're not alone

News By Jacob Krol last updated 3 February 2026

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It seems that ChatGPT is experiencing disruptions this afternoon, February 3, 2026, as many users have reported issues on Down Detector, and OpenAI has confirmed two active issues.

The first is "Elevated error rates for finetuning jobs" and the second is elevated errors for "ChatGPT and Platform users." Neither is ideal and could cause issues, such as ChatGPT not responding to messages or taking a bit longer to respond.

OpenAI confirmed the first issue about 18 minutes ago and the second about 5042minutes ago, as of this live blog's publication. We've also seen reports on Down Detector climb to over 12,000, then drop to about 3,722 in the United States. It's clearly an active situation that's on OpenAI's radar.

For what it's worth, I have a ChatGPT Plus account and was able to log in and get an answer, but it is operating a bit slowly and on a seperate free account it's not responding.. To track the ongoing disruption with ChatGPT, TechRadar is launching a live blog.

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OpenAI is at least quick to confirm issues with ChatGPT, and here's a look at the status page for the popular AI chatbot, detailing the active issues right now. Given elevated error rates in fin-tuning jobs and the platform itself, OpenAI has identified the causes and is working on mitigations.

The latter might explain the drop in reports on Down Detector.

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