DeepSeek's chatbot suffered a major outage of over seven hours in China, its biggest outage since debut in 2025 and an unusual downtime for a globally used app
DeepSeek's chatbot suffered a major outage of more than seven hours overnight in China, forcing the AI pioneer to deploy several updates to rectify the issue.
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DeepSeek Goes Dark for 7+ Hours in Largest Outage Yet
DeepSeek's AI chatbot hit its worst downtime since launching in 2025, going offline for over seven hours in China.
DeepSeek's AI chatbot went down hard overnight in China, staying offline for more than seven hours in what marks the company's most significant service disruption since its 2025 debut.
The outage forced the AI company to push multiple updates to get things back on track. For a platform that's scaled to global usage remarkably fast, that kind of extended downtime is notable.
Seven-plus hours is a long time for any major consumer-facing AI service to stay dark, especially one that's been positioning itself as a serious player on the world stage. The incident raises questions about infrastructure resilience as DeepSeek continues to handle surging demand.
No word yet on what specifically triggered the failure or how many users were affected during the outage window.