Is ChatGPT not connecting today? OpenAI has no indication of an abnormal status, and this trick solved it!

Question

On April 24, I opened OpenAI's ChatGPT to start today's work, only to find that I couldn't connect to the internet. Some people around me were clearly experiencing latency, while others reported no issues.

Today ChatGPT cannot connect.

The web version of ChatGPT cannot connect to the internet (4/24 11 AM ), mobile testing works:

Check the system status of OpenAI and find that despite some brief issues in the past, it is showing normal today:

ChatGPT cannot connect, here comes the solution.

Try connecting through a VPN to the United States or Japan, then refresh the page for normal operation.

ChatGPT responds to questions

ChatGPT indicates that this situation may indeed occur in specific regions or network environments. Even if OpenAI's official status page shows everything is normal, it does not mean that all regions worldwide can connect smoothly. Possible reasons include:

Regional network routing or DNS issues

Some ISPs (Internet Service Providers) in Taiwan may fail to successfully resolve ChatGPT's servers due to incorrect DNS settings or poor cross-border connection quality, leading to issues such as "stuck on loading," "login failure," and "endless spinning." Successfully connecting with a VPN is because it changes your connection route, bypassing local network bottlenecks.

Firewall or content filtering impact

Some corporate networks, academic networks, or even certain home devices may enable content filtering and firewall settings, which may block specific services from OpenAI (such as

chat.openai.com

or related WebSocket) are blocked.

OpenAI's service support is limited in certain regions.

Although OpenAI has not blocked Taiwan, sometimes its CDN (Content Delivery Network) nodes or global traffic balancing configurations can lead to temporary connectivity issues in certain regions (even if it's not a block), especially during high traffic periods.

Solution Recommendations:

Change DNS

Test the connection using a mobile hotspot to rule out whether it is an ISP issue.

Clear the browser cache or use incognito mode.

Using a VPN is the safest solution, as you are currently doing, and it is indeed a way to avoid the issue.

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