ChatGPT Down: “Too Many Concurrent Requests”

Today, ChatGPT experienced a significant service outage affecting users globally. The disruption began with noticeable slowdowns, then escalated to a complete service failure, with users receiving “too many concurrent requests” error messages when attempting to interact with the chatbot. Reports peaked around 5:00 PM on Downdetector, confirming widespread issues. OpenAI’s official status dashboard acknowledged the problems, stating technicians were working to restore service without providing specific timelines. The outage affected all AI conversations and chatbot interactions. Based on the error messages and prior performance issues, the cause appeared to be infrastructure overload due to excessive simultaneous user requests. OpenAI confirmed users were encountering high error rates across affected services while teams implemented solutions.

OpenAI, Status Dashboard – We’re currently experiencing issues – 23rd October 2025