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Around 10 a.m. ET (3 p.m. GMT) on April 20, 2026, OpenAI’s flagship chatbot ChatGPT and its code‑generation tool Codex experienced a partial outage. Users reported problems ranging from login failures to missing conversation histories and sluggish image generation. A poll conducted by TechRadar showed 63 percent of respondents struggled to access old chats, while 27 percent could not sign in. By early afternoon the number of complaints on Downdetector began to fall, and OpenAI’s status page indicated ongoing investigation but no clear timeline for full restoration. Read more

Anthropic confirmed an "elevated errors" issue on its Claude.ai platform on April 6, 2026, affecting login, voice mode and chat functions. The company posted updates to its status page throughout the day, announcing a fix at 12:44 PM ET and monitoring recovery. Users who reported problems on Down Detector and through personal accounts said the service began returning to normal shortly after the fix was applied. Read more

Anthropic experienced an outage affecting its Claude.AI, Claude Code, and Claude Opus 4.6 services that began just before 7 a.m. ET on Monday. The disruption lasted more than two hours, with Downdetector reporting a spike of nearly 2,000 reports around 6:45 a.m. ET, later dropping to 275 by 9:30 a.m. ET. Anthropic announced at 11 a.m. ET that all services were back online and thanked users for their patience amid high demand. Read more

OpenAI confirmed a problem affecting the availability of ChatGPT, leading many users to encounter error messages such as "Hmm... something went wrong" and a more detailed generation failure notice. The company announced that it was investigating the cause, applied a mitigation, and began monitoring recovery. While some users experienced slower responses, the issue was reported to be resolving as OpenAI implemented fixes and updated its status page. Read more

ChatGPT users experienced a period of unresponsiveness marked by a persistent loading indicator. OpenAI’s status page confirmed the investigation of elevated error rates and later announced the deployment of mitigation measures, restoring normal operation. Reports on monitoring platforms surged, prompting advice to refresh browsers or restart the app. The issue subsided as service indicators returned to green, signaling a full recovery. Read more

OpenAI confirmed that a widespread outage affecting ChatGPT, its Sora video generation tool and other services was caused by an issue with third‑party provider Cloudflare. Cloudflare reported an unusual surge in traffic that disrupted its network, leading to errors for millions of users across numerous popular websites. Both companies posted updates on their status pages, indicating that the problem lies outside OpenAI’s own infrastructure and that resolution depends on Cloudflare’s remediation efforts. Read more