Outage

OpenAI’s ChatGPT experienced a brief outage on Tuesday due to a routing misconfiguration, affecting about 3,000 users before being resolved by evening. The incident follows a recent Mixpanel breach that exposed limited customer data, highlighting security challenges for AI platforms that rely on third‑party services. While the disruption underscores operational vulnerabilities for enterprise users, OpenAI’s quick response suggests improving incident management. Despite these setbacks, the platform still engages over 800 million weekly users, reinforcing its market position but prompting scrutiny of its network resilience and data‑governance practices.

that.Shopify suffered a Cyber Monday outage that prevented many merchants from logging in and using point‑of‑sale systems during a peak shopping day. The issue, traced to a login authentication flow, was fixed by early afternoon, though some disruptions persisted. The incident highlighted the risk of relying on a single e‑commerce platform for high‑volume events, prompting merchants to consider backup solutions and stricter outage communication standards.

Netflix experienced a service disruption in North America during the highly anticipated launch of Stranger Things Season 5 on Oct 31, 2025, causing many viewers to miss the opening episode. DownDetector reported spikes in outage reports just before the 8 p.m. ET debut. Analysts warn the outage could risk short‑term subscriber churn and affect projected Q4 growth of up to 1.2 million accounts. Insiders attribute the issue to a sudden surge in concurrent streams overwhelming CDN cache and load balancers.

Kalshi, a $5 billion event-contracts marketplace, experienced user-reported glitches and delays during peak trading during college football games. Users reported issues with order processing and account balance visibility, affecting less than half the user base, according to Kalshi. A spokesperson stated the exchange “never stopped functioning properly,” and issues were being fixed. The incident occurred after a $300M Series D funding round, raising questions about scalability as Kalshi aims for institutional investors and market expansion. Its success relies on technology and risk management, highlighting challenges in a high-growth exchange environment.