What did ChatGPT's status checker say was wrong?
Per Downdetector reporting on GV Wire, OpenAI's status checker initially showed no known issues as reports crossed 4,000, then updated a minute later to say: 'We are investigating login issues and intermittent errors affecting ChatGPT.' Reports kept rising after that update, eventually surpassing 10,000.
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Claude and ChatGPT Both Went Down the Same Day, Then Claude Broke Four More TimesDowndetector logged 2,000+ Claude and 10,000+ ChatGPT reports on July 14, 2026, then Anthropic's status page logged four more incidents by July 16.
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