ChatGPT outage on May 2 — 103d 19h disruption
May 2, 11:14 AM → Aug 14, 07:00 AM · 103d 19h · high
On May 2, 2026, an incident affecting ChatGPT was detected due to an elevated volume of user reports. The service experienced a high-severity disruption for approximately 103 days and 19 hours. The incident was resolved on August 14, 2026.
Impact
Users reported a total of 133 incidents during the disruption, with a peak of 11 reports within a 15-minute period. The most frequently reported issues included slow or unresponsive service, accounting for 112 reports. Additionally, users reported 18 instances of AI API issues and 3 instances of general API issues. No specific regional impact was recorded during this period.
Top reported issues
- Slow / unresponsive112
- AI API issues18
- API issues3
Incident timeline
- May 2, 11:14 AM
PulseWatch detected elevated report volume (high severity)
- May 2, 11:23 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 11:33 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 11:38 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 11:48 AM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 11:53 AM
Status updated: major issue
- May 2, 12:08 PM
Status updated: possible issue
- May 2, 12:13 PM
Status updated: major issue
- Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Report volume returned to baseline — incident resolved
Official updates
- May 2, 11:14 AM
ChatGPT status page acknowledged the incident.
View official source - Aug 14, 07:00 AM
Website down clustered from 2 sources across 10 signals. Suppressed 9 redundant alerts and flagged flapping behavior.