ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular AI tool, which gained massive popularity and traffic across the world, has been reportedly suffering a major service outage on Tuesday (June 10, 2025), leaving many users across India and the United States (US) helpless (unable to access the platform). The issue got started and gained momentum after 2:45 PM IST, triggering a wave of complaints on platforms like Downdetector, an outrage-detecting and reporting platform.
Most users are affected by Chatbot Core features
In India, more than 500 users reported the outage by the time of writing. A breakdown of complaints showed:
- 82 per cent had issues using ChatGPT’s main functions,
- 14 per cent faced problems with the mobile app,
- 4 per cent experienced troubles with API integration.
Meanwhile, in the United States, more than 900 reports surfaced (by the time of writing) by 2:49 PM IST, with:
- 93 per cent are struggling with core ChatGPT features,
- 6 per cent reporting app errors,
- 1 per cent are facing login difficulties.
OpenAI confirms disruption across services
According to OpenAI’s official Status Page, multiple services, including ChatGPT, Sora and APIs, are currently experiencing elevated latency and error rates. While the company has confirmed that they are actively investigating the issue, no timeline has been shared for a full resolution to the problem.
Frustration spills over on social media
As expected, social media platforms were flooded with user complaints and jokes about the disruption.
One X (formerly known as Twitter) user summed up the sentiment humorously. Here are a few of the X posts which were made by the users:
Some even used sarcasm to express their dismay at the outage:
The outage highlights how deeply integrated AI tools like ChatGPT have become in users’ daily lives, from academic tasks to professional work. As OpenAI works to restore services, users are left waiting, hoping their digital assistant will be back online soon.