For the past 24 hours, ChatGPT users have been experiencing problems with OpenAI’s chatbot, with the service seemingly unusable for many. The company behind its creation has stated that it is working to isolate the problem and to bring its chatbot to normal functionality, but it also fears that a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack might have been responsible for this day-long outage.

According to OpenAI’s status page, the chatbot continues to face problems caused by an unusual surge in traffic. If you look at the image below, the last update provided by the company is that the abnormal traffic pattern is reflective of a DDoS attack, suggesting that the service’s outage was intentional. If you are a regular ChatGPT user, you can continue receiving updates by clicking here, but the latest statement from OpenAI was provided on November 8, 19:49 PST, hinting that tons of work is required to bring ChatGPT back online.

The last update provided by OpenAI was on November 8

For those who do not know, a DDoS attack is intended to cause disruption to a website’s normal traffic by targeting the server, service, or network with a barrage of Internet traffic. The result is that the website or service functioning on that server or network becomes unusable for many, and it is a description that ChatGPT is matching right now, so while OpenAI is working to restore it, the company has not provided an ETA.

FYI: We are dealing with periodic outages due to an abnormal traffic pattern reflective of a DDoS attack. We are continuing work to mitigate this.

Follow along: https://t.co/0jqsOtchMQ

The team is working very hard to stabilize right now!

— Logan.GPT (@OfficialLoganK) November 9, 2023

It is also possible that ChatGPT is facing problems thanks to the number of users added in a short time, and the company’s servers cannot handle the overwhelming traffic. In any case, whenever the service resumes normal functionality, we will update our readers accordingly. In the meantime, you can use Microsoft Bing to resume your queries, and if you have not yet installed the browser, we recommend doing so.