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Click the button above. IsItGoneDown runs two checks at once — a global test from our server to chat.openai.com, and a local test from your browser. Live community reports tell you whether other ChatGPT users are hitting the same issue.
Because ChatGPT has high-profile outages regularly, checking community reports is usually the fastest way to distinguish a full outage from a rate-limit error.
ChatGPT has frequent partial outages, especially during peak hours. status.openai.com lists active incidents. When OpenAI has an issue, ChatGPT, GPT-4, DALL-E and the API are usually affected together.
Free ChatGPT has daily message caps. If you see "too many requests" or "please try again later", you've hit the limit — it's not an outage. Resets every few hours.
ChatGPT Plus has a separate, stricter limit on GPT-4 messages (updated by OpenAI periodically). Hitting it blocks GPT-4 but GPT-3.5 still works.
During high demand, OpenAI throttles free users first. If chat.openai.com shows "ChatGPT is at capacity", it's not down — it's overloaded. ChatGPT Plus bypasses this.
OpenAI blocks several countries. If ChatGPT fails only in certain regions, a VPN to an allowed country (US, UK, EU) typically restores access.
A stale session or corrupt cookies can mimic an outage. Log out and back in, or try an incognito window.
ChatGPT's usage caps mean many "ChatGPT is down" moments are actually rate limits. A real outage affects everyone and gets reported on X / Reddit immediately.
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Rate-limit error, not an outage. Resets every 1-3 hours.
GPT-4 has its own stricter limit on Plus. If only GPT-4 fails, you've hit that cap.
ChatGPT and the API share backend. OpenAI incidents usually affect both. Check status.openai.com.
OpenAI blocks several regions. A VPN typically restores access.