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ChatGPT Experiences Major Outage, Resolved After 2.5 Hours

Jun 4, 2024, 08:55 AM

OpenAI's ChatGPT experienced a major outage on June 4, 2024, affecting many users worldwide. The issue began around 12:21am PDT and persisted for several hours. Users reported receiving messages indicating the service was unavailable or experiencing blank screens. OpenAI confirmed the outage and stated they were investigating the problem. By 11:51am PDT, OpenAI announced that the issue had been resolved, and ChatGPT was back online after being down for 2.5 hours.