ChatGPT experiences widespread outage

ChatGPT is currently experiencing a significant outage, with thousands of users reporting issues starting Wednesday evening.

The problems began around 7:19 PM Jordan time (GMT+3) on August 20, 2025. Downdetector, a popular outage-tracking website, saw a sharp spike in reports, with over 1,941 users flagging issues with the service within minutes. Users across social media platforms quickly began reporting error messages and an inability to generate responses from the chatbot.

OpenAI has officially acknowledged the problem on its status page. A message posted by the company confirms the ongoing disruption, "We’re currently experiencing issues."

Under the ChatGPT section, the status is listed as "Degraded Performance," with a specific note clarifying the problem as "ChatGPT Conversation Errors." This indicates that while the main site might be accessible for some, the core function of engaging in a conversation with the AI is failing.