{"id":6556,"date":"2025-08-20T08:12:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/chatgpt-outage-in-india-company-confirms-issues-for-mobile-and-web-users-tech-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:12:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:12:07","slug":"chatgpt-outage-in-india-company-confirms-issues-for-mobile-and-web-users-tech-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/chatgpt-outage-in-india-company-confirms-issues-for-mobile-and-web-users-tech-news\/","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT Outage In India: Company Confirms Issues For Mobile And Web Users | Tech News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-9516441\">\n<p><span class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">Last Updated:<\/span><time class=\"jsx-730caffcddfd709\">August 20, 2025, 13:33 IST<\/time><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"asubttl-9516441\" class=\"jsx-4625396a04d15488 jsx-1789135578 asubttl-schema\">ChatGPT is down for many users in India who are facing delayed responses, and OpenAI has confirmed the outage issue.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c artsharwrp\">\n<div id=\"artshare\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c artshare\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c stickdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c deskwrapstkdiv\">\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c flwonstk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en-btn\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"margin:0 12px 0 0\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/gogole-serarch-btn.svg\" width=\"94px\" height=\"30px\" style=\"vertical-align:top\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c fontchange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/dlxczavtqcctuei\/news18\/static\/images\/english\/font.svg\" height=\"30px\" width=\"30px\" alt=\"font\" class=\"jsx-f62078ffd315d67c lazyload\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"jsx-4625396a04d15488 jsx-1789135578 amimg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ChatGPT down for many users in India on Wednesday\" title=\"ChatGPT down for many users in India on Wednesday\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=400&amp;height=225\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"jsx-4625396a04d15488 jsx-1789135578\"\/><\/p>\n<p>ChatGPT down for many users in India on Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">ChatGPT users in India are facing issues with the AI chatbot app from OpenAI on Wednesday afternoon. The outage has been confirmed via multiple reports on Downdetector and the company itself has acknowledged the issue, as \u2018elevated error rate with ChatGPT\u2019 being mentioned on the OpenAI status page.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">Many ChatGPT users have shared their frustration with delayed responses from the AI chatbot, while some of them are not able to access the platform altogether.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\"><span style=\"font-weight:400\">The ChatGPT outage reports started around 11:30 AM IST on August 20, 2025 and have escalated with over four hundred reports cited on the outage tracker platform. The majority of these complaints are related to the ChatGPT app. <a href=\"https:\/\/status.openai.com\/incidents\/01K3345Z7Y5D3E05N82RFEFG3P\" rel=\"nofollow\">OpenAI has identified<\/a> and is monitoring the error issues faced by ChatGPT and as per the latest update, it is working on implementing another mitigation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">As per the latest update from OpenAI at 1:24 PM IST, all the impacted services have now fully recovered, which means ChatGPT should be running in its usual state for all users.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">The latest ChatGPT down time comes 24 hours after OpenAI launched its first India-exclusive ChatGPT Go plan. The new ChatGPT option is priced at Rs 399 per month, making it far <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/chatgpt-go-vs-chatgpt-plus-price-key-features-and-everything-compared-9514002.html\">cheaper than the ChatGPT Plus plan which comes<\/a> for Rs 1,999 per month.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">With the new plan, you get Access to GPT 5, expanded messaging\/chats and uploads, expanded and faster image generation limit, longer memory and context, limited deep research access as well as support for projects, tasks, custom GPTs<\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atawrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atadetailwrp\">\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd ataname\"><span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atthumb\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"authorimg\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/11\/aadeetya-3-2023-11-9de48efa65a9ed8ed13a8932cadb6d5a.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=60&amp;height=60\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd attitle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/s-aadeetya-21044.html\" class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd atamail\">S Aadeetya<\/a><\/p>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>S Aadeetya, Special Correspondent at News18 Tech, accidentally got into journalism 10 years ago, and since then, has been part of established media houses covering the latest trends in technology and helping fr&#8230;<!-- --> <span class=\"jsx-95088aad1b3c53cd aurpdebtn\">Read More<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-4625396a04d15488 jsx-1789135578 artcta\">\n<div style=\"font-family:Inter;font-size:17px;line-height:28px\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news18.co\/gnps-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to add News18 as your preferred news source on Google, Get latest technology updates, including phone launches, gadget reviews, AI advancements. 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ChatGPT down for many users in India on Wednesday ChatGPT users in India are facing issues with the AI chatbot app from OpenAI on Wednesday afternoon. 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