ChatGPT was having some issues — here's everything we know

Here's a look at Down Detector where you can see the pretty quick spike near the bottom of the hour for issues with ChatGPT and OpenAI.

OpenAI confirms an active issue with ChatGPT availability

OpenAI has confirmed an issue impacting the 'availability' of ChatGPT, which would explain why some folks are getting the "Hmm... something went wrong" error message back, suggesting they try sending the message again.

The good news is that OpenAI has identified the issue and is "working on implementing a mitigation."

If you're wondering what those error messages look like, here's what my colleague Eric Schwartz shared with me. He got this error back – "Hmm... something seems to have gone wrong." on mobile, but also received the below error on desktop.

"Something went wrong while generating the response. If this issue persists please contact us through our help center at help.openai.com."

Let us know in the comments below if ChatGPT is working for you or if you're receiving an error.

OpenAI has issued a further update, writing, "We are investigating the issue for the listed services." as of 12:50 PM ET. This might suggest that OpenAI's team is still investigating what is causing the problems, but I'll also note we're seeing a slight drop in reports on Down Detector, down to 8,830.

While my ChatGPT Plus is still responding, it is taking a notable bit longer to respond to queries, both simple and a bit more extravagant.

Many impacted users are taking to social media to share their frustration, though my colleague Eric's ChatGPT appears to be back ... at least momentarily.

Well, even better news now! Along with reports on Down Detector hovering above 1,000, OpenAI has updated the incident on its status page to note it's now monitoring recovery. And that means they've issued a fix for whatever the underlying problem was, causing an issue for "ChatGPT availability."

The update reads, "We have applied the mitigation and are monitoring the recovery," and this hopefully means ChatGPT is returning to regular operation for you.