With continuous problems still plaguing the chatbot platform, Open AI’s ChatGPT has been having problems for over five hours Tuesday morning.
What we know is as follows:
Is ChatGPT now unavailable? Why does ChatGPT not function? When is Open AI going to fix it?
OpenAI reports that ChatGPT problems occurred on Tuesday, June 10 at approximately 2:36 a.m. ET. Around 8:11 a.m. ET on Tuesday, DownDetector displayed 1,249 reported faults.
ChatGPT error messages: Too many queries in parallel, message stream error
While the outage isn’t impacting everyone, a number of ChatGPT users are encountering error messages.
What is causing ChatGPT’s OpenAI status to malfunction? Does a ChatGPT outage get reported by Down Detector?
The following problems were noted on Open AI’s status page:
Increased error rates partial outage: According to Open AI, certain customers are encountering increased error rates and latency across the listed services as of 8:03 a.m. ET. The investigation is still going on.
Increased Sora error rates due to partial outages: OpenAI was still looking into the problem for the specified services as of 8:20 a.m. ET.
Although there were only about 1,294 reports at 8:11 a.m. ET, DownDetector.com indicates that the outage peaked at 1,327 reports at 7:41 a.m. ET.
According to reports, 7% report app difficulties and 93% report ChatGPT issues.
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Conclusion
The ChatGPT outage exposed vulnerabilities in even advanced AI systems, disrupting users for hours with errors like overloaded queries and streaming failures. While not universal, the partial outage peaking at 1,327 DownDetector reports highlighted growing dependence on AI tools. OpenAI’s transparency during investigations was reassuring, but recurring glitches demand stronger infrastructure. As AI becomes essential for work and creativity, reliability must keep pace with innovation. For now, users should monitor official updates during disruptions. This incident reminds us that cutting-edge tech still faces growing pains, balancing breakthroughs with consistent performance.
ChatGPT faced a global outage today due to server overload/technical issues, with OpenAI investigating and working to restore services.