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HomeNewsArtificial IntelligenceChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users

ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users

By Mayank Parmar

December 2, 2025
02:52 PM
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OpenAI's AI-powered ChatGPT is down worldwide with users receiving errors when attempting to access chats, with no reasons currently given.
If you are affected, you will see "something seems to have gone wrong," errors, with ChatGPT adding that "There was an error generating a response" to their queries.
In our tests, BleepingComputer observed that GPT keeps loading, and the response never comes.
In addition, some users reported that conversations disappear and new messages keep loading.

ChatGPT not working
Source: BleepingComputer
According to DownDetector, over 30,000 users are currently experiencing issues.
In a post published at 2:40 ET, OpenAI confirmed that it's aware of the issues with ChatGPT and is working on a fix.
OpenAI says it has identified elevated errors when accessing ChatGPT this morning, as reports on DownDetector continue to pile up.
"We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services," the company noted.
This is a developing story...
Update 1: ChatGPT has started to come back online as of 15:14 ET, but it's still slow.

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Mayank Parmar is an technology entrepreneur who is currently pursuing an MBA. At BleepingComputer, he covers technology news with a strong focus on Microsoft and Windows-related stories. He is always poking under the hood of Windows, looking for the latest secrets to reveal.

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ChatGPT experienced a widespread outage on December 2, 2025, impacting users globally and triggering a significant surge in reported issues through platforms like DownDetector. Initial reports indicated that users were encountering persistent errors, specifically the message “something seems to have gone wrong,” and that generated responses were failing to materialize. BleepingComputer’s tests confirmed a loading loop with no response, alongside reports of disappearing conversations and continuous loading of new messages. At the time of the outage, over 30,000 users were reporting problems.

OpenAI acknowledged the widespread issues and confirmed they were investigating elevated error rates, particularly in the morning. The company stated that they had identified the source of the problems, though specifics were not disclosed. As of 15:14 ET, ChatGPT began to return online, but with reported performance slowdowns. This incident underscores the potential fragility of large-scale AI services and highlights the ongoing challenges in maintaining operational stability for complex distributed systems. The rapid accumulation of user reports pointed to a significant disruption, and the subsequent restoration indicates a response effort by OpenAI. The precise cause of the problem remains under investigation.