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DeepSeek reports widespread service outages across web and application interfaces

Chinese artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek experienced an outage on the morning of the 15th, leaving its website and application displaying temporary server unavailability notices. According to mainland media citing official statements, chat services and DeepSeekV4.1 FlashAPI operations were partially disrupted, and the company was investigating the cause. The exact origin of the failure had not been confirmed as of reporting time.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • stheadlineDeepSeek
  • bastillepostDeepSeek
  • cna-tw網友
  • eeoDeepSeek
  • epochtimesDeepSeek
4 differing positions reported on timing across 5 publishers; unresolved.
  • bastillepost曾
  • stheadline5小時 今下午1時左右
  • cna-tw3天兩度
  • eeo近5小时
  • epochtimes近5小时
Wherenot resolved
First reported10 days ago
Published2026-10-15 18:22 UTC
Occurred2026-10-15
Sources5
How this travelled.
Reports8Independent tellings4
4 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.

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Global Event Monitor. DeepSeek reports widespread service outages across web and application interfaces. 2026-10-15T18:22:04.653Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:5949. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-15/deepseek5-4c24c896

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