ChatGPT Hit by Massive Global Outage According to Down For Everyone or Just Me

CHATGPT DOWN TODAY 2026: ChatGPT is experiencing a massive global outage according to Down For Everyone or Just Me.

The productivity of millions ground to a halt on Friday morning, February 13, 2026, as OpenAI’s ChatGPT suffered a significant global service disruption.

According to the monitoring site Down For Everyone or Just Me, reports of the AI chatbot being inaccessible began spiking at 8:15 a.m. ET, affecting both the web interface and the mobile app.

The outage comes at a critical time for the company, as businesses have become increasingly reliant on “GPT-5” and “SearchGPT” integrations for daily operations, coding, and real-time data analysis.

The “Internal Server Error”: What Users Are Seeing

The disruption appears to be widespread, affecting users across North America, Europe, and parts of Asia. Unlike minor “hiccups” seen earlier this year, this outage seems to have disconnected the API services that power third-party applications as well.

• The Error Message: Users attempting to log in are largely met with a “500 Internal Server Error” or a blank white screen.
• The “Spinning Wheel”: Those already logged in report that the AI begins generating a response before freezing indefinitely, eventually displaying the message: “The server had an error processing your request. Please try again later.”
• The Scale: Reports on Down For Everyone or Just Me jumped from zero to over 45,000 in less than 30 minutes, with the majority of users indicating a “Total Blackout” rather than a “Partial Outage.”

Outage Statistics (As of 10:30 AM ET)

“The AI Brain Fog”: Social Media Reaction

As is tradition during major tech outages, users flocked to X (formerly Twitter) and Reddit to confirm they weren’t the only ones experiencing the issue. The hashtag #ChatGPTDown began trending within minutes, with many users jokingly—and some seriously—noting their inability to complete basic work tasks without their AI assistant.

“I just realized I don’t actually know how to write an email without asking ChatGPT to ‘make it sound more professional,'” one user posted. Another added, “ChatGPT is down and suddenly the collective IQ of the corporate world just dropped 40 points. What do we do now? Talk to each other?”

Developers were particularly vocal, as the OpenAI API outage has halted progress on thousands of apps and automated customer service bots that rely on the model’s backend.

OpenAI Response and Status Update

OpenAI’s official status page acknowledged the issue at 8:45 a.m. ET, stating: “We are currently investigating elevated error rates across ChatGPT and our API. Our engineering team is working to identify the root cause.”

While the company has not yet confirmed the cause, industry analysts speculate that the outage could be linked to a botched “over-the-air” update to the Realtime Voice Mode infrastructure, which was scheduled for a rollout earlier today.

Update (11:05 AM ET): OpenAI has updated its status to “Mitigation in progress,” noting that some users may see service return intermittently. However, many remain unable to access their chat history or start new conversations.