A Microsoft outage has taken down several key online services, including Bing.com, Copilot for web and mobile, Copilot in Windows, ChatGPT internet search, and DuckDuckGo. As reported on MacRumors, the disruption began around 3.00 a.m. Eastern Time, primarily impacting users in Asia and Europe. The outage continues at the time of this writing, which is around 7:20 a.m. Central Time.
User reports (and our own tests) have shown that attempting to access Bing.com merely results in either a blank page or a 429 HTTP code error. While the Bing search page does occasionally load a query box and search button, we saw mostly 429 HTTP code errors in our testing.
Meanwhile, Copilot services are entirely offline across all platforms, including the website, app, and Windows integration.
As noted by Bleeping Computer, ChatGPT internet search and DuckDuckGo are also experiencing disruptions due to their reliance on the Bing API. DuckDuckGo users encounter an error message stating, “There was an error displaying the search results. Please try again.”
While Microsoft has yet to issue a statement on the outage, OpenAI has acknowledged the ChatGPT internet search issues on its support page.