ChatGPT outage on May 2 — 104-day disruption
May 2, 04:38 AM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 104d 2h · medium
On May 2, 2026, an incident affecting ChatGPT was detected through elevated user-report volume. Users may have experienced issues with the service. The incident was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
Users reported a range of issues with ChatGPT during the incident. The most frequently reported problems included slow or unresponsive service, as well as issues related to AI API functionality and general API access. A total of 133 user reports were received, with no specific regional impact recorded.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive112
- AI API issues18
- API issues3
Incident timeline
- May 2, 04:38 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (medium severity)
- May 2, 04:43 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 04:53 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 04:58 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 05:08 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 05:13 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 05:23 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 05:28 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 05:38 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 05:43 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 05:53 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 05:58 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 06:08 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 2, 04:38 AM
ChatGPT status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Slow / unresponsive clustered from 2 sources across 10 signals. Suppressed 9 redundant alerts and flagged flapping behavior.