OpenAI outage — June 9, 2026
I read this in Osborne's voice and it's pretty close in structure and tone to his usual introduction. Thankfully, the people at TCM don't use ChatGPT for the ho
OpenAI’s ChatGPT was disrupted for 40d 8h on June 9, 2026.
Key facts
| Detected | June 9, 2026 · 12:47 UTC |
| Confirmed | 13:07 UTC |
| Resolved | 21:39 UTC |
| Duration | 40d 8h |
| Service | ChatGPT |
Timeline
- 12:47Z
Detected · Signal
16 crowd signals for ChatGPT on OPENAI crossed the signal threshold. - 13:07Z
Confirmed · Official
An official OPENAI status-page notice corroborated the event the same cycle. - 21:39Z
Resolved
Signal volume fell back below the threshold; the event was closed.
What people reported
“Which could be down to the fact many LLM critics don't use them, don't know about how the products have evolved, and are basing their judgements on their experi”bluesky_jetstream · 10:46 UTC
“5 AI web browsers to use now that ChatGPT Atlas is shutting down ChatGPT Atlas didn't make it, but plenty of capable AI browsers already have. Telegram AI Dig”@ai-news.at.thenote.app · 12:06 UTC
“This is the EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF SCIENCE with a non-explanation for why ChatGPT links appeared in a paper. 🤯 LLMs are NOT search engines. They are planet immolat”bluesky_jetstream · 13:49 UTC
“I saw a guy studying math in Starbucks today. Table: one book. Tools: a pen and a stack of paper. He wrote down a problem. Then just… stared at it. Five min”bluesky_jetstream · 14:00 UTC
“Is OpenAI ChatGPT down for you? Users are reporting problems with OpenAI ChatGPT. Repost if you are having issues. #chatgptdown”@isdown.app · 14:24 UTC
“⚠️ Major outage at ChatGPT. Elevated errors affecting some conversations. Monitor this incident at https://watchrr.app/service/chatgpt”bluesky_jetstream · 14:50 UTC
How this was detected
1 independent evidence class for chatgpt on OPENAI. 16 crowd reports across bluesky (independent class), z=+2.5σ vs the cell baseline. No official notice yet — ahead of the vendor.