February 3, 2026 | 3:15 PM EST
OpenAI’s ChatGPT experienced a widespread service disruption Monday afternoon, affecting users across all platforms.
ChatGPT Outage Timeline
The issues began around 3:00 PM Eastern, with Down Detector recording a sharp spike in user reports. By 3:15 PM, over 10,000 outage reports had been filed, indicating a significant service disruption.
As of this writing, OpenAI has not publicly acknowledged the outage or provided an estimated time for restoration.
Possible Contributing Factors
The outage comes on the heels of two major product launches:
Yesterday: OpenAI released the Codex app for Mac, which CEO Sam Altman noted has seen “very popular” adoption in its first 24 hours.
Today: Apple introduced agentic coding support in Xcode, integrating both Codex and Claude Agent — potentially driving a surge in Codex usage among developers.
While the exact cause remains unconfirmed, industry observers speculate that unexpectedly high adoption of Codex may have contributed to infrastructure strain.
Impact
The disruption affects:
- ChatGPT web interface
- ChatGPT mobile apps (iOS/Android)
- API integrations
- Enterprise deployments
Users attempting to access the service are met with connection errors or timeout messages.
What’s Next
OpenAI’s engineering teams are presumably investigating the root cause. The company typically provides status updates via its status page during major incidents.
“We have identified that users are experiencing elevated errors for the impacted services,” ChatGPT said on its website. “We are working on implementing a mitigation.”
This is a developing story. Updates will be posted as more information becomes available.
Source: 9to5Mac
