ChatGPT going offline without warning is now a weekly ritual for many of us. Before you refresh the page 50 times or blame your Wi-Fi, here are the fastest and most accurate ways to confirm whether the problem is on your end or OpenAI’s — ranked from best to worst.1. OpenAI Official Status Page (Most Reliable)
Link: Click Here This is the single source of truth.

  • Green = everything is fine
  • Yellow/Red = they know it’s broken
  • “Investigating” or “Identified” = outage confirmed, fix in progress

Pro tip: Bookmark it. When thousands are affected, OpenAI usually updates this page within 5–15 minutes of the first spike.2. Downdetector (Real-Time User Reports)

India-specific: https://downdetector.in/status/openai/
Global: https://downdetector.com/status/openai/
What to look for:

  • A sharp red spike in the last 1–2 hours = almost certainly down
  • If the graph is flat and green → problem is probably on your side

Bonus: You can filter by city (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, etc.) and see exact error messages others are getting.3. IsItDownRightNow (Simple “Up or Down” Checker)

Link: https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/chat.openai.com.html
Just a clean page that pings chat.openai.com and login.openai.com every few seconds.
Green checkmark = servers are responding
Red X = global or regional outage4. X (Twitter) Search – Instant Crowd ConfirmationSearch these exact phrases (in real time):

  • “ChatGPT down”
  • “ChatGPT not working”
  • “ChatGPT is at capacity”
  • #ChatGPTDown
  • “OpenAI down” + from:india (for local impact)

If hundreds of people are posting screenshots in the last 10 minutes → yes, it’s down.5. Alternative Quick Tests You Can Do Yourself

  1. Open incognito/private window → try chat.openai.com
  2. Try on mobile data instead of Wi-Fi (rules out ISP blocks)
  3. Open https://platform.openai.com (API dashboard) → if that also fails = bigger outage
  4. Ping the server from your phone/laptop:
    Open terminal/command prompt and type:
    ping chat.openai.com
    If you get “Request timed out” repeatedly → servers are unreachable

One-Click Summary (Save This List)

  1. status.openai.com ← Official truth
  2. downdetector.in/status/openai ← India crowd reports
  3. Search “ChatGPT down” on X ← Instant confirmation
  4. isitdownrightnow.com/chat.openai.com.html ← Simple up/down

Next time ChatGPT freezes, just open any one of these four — you’ll know in under 10 seconds whether to wait it out or switch to Grok, Claude, or Gemini.

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