OpenAI confirms ChatGPT is down worldwide. The outage began at approximately 5 AM ET on July 25, 2026, preventing users from loading chats or accessing previous conversations.
The outage has been resolved with full recovery of services.
Jul 25, 8:17 AM ETUsers cannot load new chats or access previous conversations and instead see persistent loading animations in the sidebar.
Attempts to use ChatGPT result in the interface becoming stuck at loading animations.
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