If you tried to open ChatGPT this morning (July 25, 2026) and found yourself waiting for a loading screen or got an error message about too many concurrent requests, you're not alone. OpenAI's status page acknowledged an outage affecting ChatGPT, API, and Codex that began around 5 AM ET this morning. The company has since applied a mitigation and resolved the issue, with the status page marking all services as normal as of around 11:57 AM ET. This outage appears to be the third such incident within the last two days, with additional reports of downtime on July 23rd.What went wrong on July 25About The AuthorAshna is a content writer who focuses on making everyday choices easier and smarter. With a strong eye for detail and a natural sense of what works in real life, she creates content that feels honest, relatable, and genuinely helpful. She is a geek for writing stories around fashion, beauty, and influential products, while bringing the same depth and detail in reviewing tech products and gadgets of day-to-day use.
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