India, July 27 -- Millions of people rely on ChatGPT every day for work, education, coding, writing, and research. However, many users experienced unexpected disruptions on July 27, 2026, raising fresh questions about the platform's reliability. Reports of the issue began increasing around 9:44 a.m. Eastern Time, with users across multiple regions saying they were unable to log in, submit prompts, or receive responses.

Downdetector recorded a sharp rise in complaints, while discussions quickly spread across social media platforms and outage-tracking websites.

Although users widely reported problems, OpenAI had not confirmed a new widespread outage at the time of writing, making many wonder whether the disruption was temporary or part of...