Possible Degradation Ongoing

ChatGPT may be experiencing issues — incident in progress, May 11, 2026

ChatGPT may be experiencing degraded performance based on our automated monitoring. Started May 11, 2026 at 01:30 UTC. This page updates automatically.

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ServiceChatGPT
StartedMay 11, 2026 at 01:30 UTC
StatusOngoing
Duration so far2 hours 14 minutes
Peak severityPossible Degradation
DetectionOfficial OpenAI status feed

Timeline

  1. Possible issue detected
  2. Confirmed by re-check

What happened

ChatGPT may be experiencing degraded performance according to our automated monitoring. The incident was first detected at May 11, 2026 at 01:30 UTC and has been ongoing for approximately 2 hours 14 minutes. Are The Bots Down's monitoring system continues to track the situation and will update this page as it evolves. The data on this page is sourced from OpenAI's public status feed.

What to do when ChatGPT appears to be having issues

Most detected ChatGPT issues resolve within 15 minutes. While you wait, the API often stays available even when the consumer chat is having problems — check status.openai.com for the official picture, but expect that page to lag the actual incident by 20 to 40 minutes.

Most users find it faster to switch tools than to wait. The closest alternatives to ChatGPT for the same workflows are Claude or Gemini.

Status information on this page is based on automated monitoring of publicly accessible endpoints and user-submitted reports. Are The Bots Down? is an independent monitoring service not affiliated with any monitored service. Automated monitoring can produce false positives; the source of record for any service's actual operational status is the service operator itself.

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