ChatGPT experiences major outage, blocking logins and signups

OpenAI's ChatGPT service was down on 2026-08-20, preventing users from logging in, creating accounts, or accessing previous conversations. The outage affected both new and existing users globally.

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ChatGPT is experiencing a major outage, and users are unable to sign in, create accounts, or load chats, including previous conversations. https://www. bleepingcomputer.com/news/arti ficial-intelligen

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ChatGPT is experiencing a major outage, and users are unable to sign in, create accounts, or load chats, including previous conversations. https://www. bleepingcomputer.com/news/arti ficial-intelligence/openai-confirms-chatgpt-is-down-as-logins-and-signups-fail/