ChatGPT Down for Over 12 Hours: What Happened on June 10, 2025?
You’re likely not going to see AI assistants take a day off and relax, but on June 10, 2025, that’s exactly what happened. OpenAI’s popular chatbot, ChatGPT, suffered a global outage for 12 hours straight, creating a frenzy and panic worldwide, all while memes were being created. In this report I will go over the timeline, impact, causes, and the important lessons that can be taken away from this domino effect event. Timeline: When did the problems begin? 2:45 AM ET (12:15 AM PT): Users from North America, Europe, and Australia are unable to connect with ChatGPT and Sora. There is a spike in outages reported by Downdetector. 10 AM ET: OpenAI confirms the “elevated error rates and latency” they were facing and has identified a solution that is in progress. 6:32 PM ET: ChatGPT displays API access and improvements, which are sustained although voice interactions and features still remain unsteady. 11:55 PM IST: The outage p...