Fix ChatGPT Not Working (At Capacity, Not Responding, Login Error)
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Answer
Match the exact ChatGPT symptom before changing anything: check status.openai.com for capacity or service incidents, use the original sign-in method for login errors, and isolate browser, extension, VPN, cookie, network, or conversation problems when status is normal.
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Identify the exact ChatGPT symptom
Record whether ChatGPT reports capacity, rejects login, remains blank, stops responding, or shows a network or general error. Do not apply every fix at once; each symptom has a different supported first step.
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Check OpenAI status
Open status.openai.com. Wait if an incident or elevated errors are listed; local browser changes cannot repair a service-side capacity or availability problem.
3
Retry the smallest affected action
For a stalled response, wait briefly, stop generation, retry once, or start a new chat. For login errors, use the same Google, Microsoft, Apple, or email method originally used for the account.
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Test a clean browser session
Hard-refresh ChatGPT, then test a private window. Disable extensions or content blockers, VPN, proxy, and secure DNS tools temporarily, and allow the cookies needed by ChatGPT and OpenAI authentication.
If the error continues, sign out, clear site data and cookies for ChatGPT and OpenAI authentication, restart the browser, and sign in again. Preserve unrelated browser data.
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Compare another network or device
Try a current browser on another network or device. If the problem follows one account across clean setups while status is normal, record that evidence for Support.
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Escalate a reproducible error
Contact OpenAI Support with the exact message, timestamp and timezone, account plan, browser or app version, conversation URL or ID, and completed checks. Collect a HAR file or console logs only when requested and remove sensitive data.
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