Is DeepSeek down?
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Is DeepSeek down right now? Live status from DeepSeek’s status page, our own checks and user reports, updated every minute.
- Official status
- Reachable
- Answering prompts
- Reports in the last hour
Detailed data for this service is briefly unavailable. The status above comes from our latest check.
DeepSeek’s status page
- DeepSeek V4 Pro API Service
- DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API Service
- Chatservice Chat Service
- File Upload Service Chat Service
- Search Service Chat Service
- Search API Service
- Fetch API Service
Not working for me
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Last 24 hours
- Operational
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
- Reachability check (api.deepseek.com)
- Test prompt (DeepSeek API)
By region
| Region | API api.deepseek.com | Test prompt DeepSeek API |
|---|---|---|
| N. Virginia | ||
| Oregon | ||
| Frankfurt | ||
| Singapore | ||
| Tokyo | ||
| São Paulo |
Each row shows the latest result from that region. How we check
Last 90 days
We have checked DeepSeek ourselves since Oct 28, 2026. Earlier days come from its status page.
21 days with problems in the last 90 days.
Recent incidents
Incidents: 8 in the last 30 days and 28 in the last 90, lasting a median of 13 min. Our checks flagged problems a median of 6 minutes before DeepSeek’s status page did. 1 problem our checks found never appeared on DeepSeek’s status page.
- DeepSeek Web/API Partially UnavailableMajor outage1 h 57 minOur checks saw it 6 min before the status page
- DeepSeek not answering promptsMajor outage6 minFound by our checks, not on the status page
- DeepSeek API Degraded PerformanceDegraded14 min
- Search service errorPartial outage8 min
- DeepSeek Web/API Partially UnavailableMajor outage4 h 52 min
- DeepSeek Web/API Degraded PerformanceDegraded15 min
- - DeepSeek Web Partially UnavailablePartial outage11 min
- DeepSeek Web/API Degraded PerformanceDegraded3 min
- DeepSeek Web/API Degraded PerformanceDegraded1 h 54 min
- DeepSeek Web/API Degraded PerformancePartial outage48 min
If DeepSeek isn’t working for you
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI lab whose chat app and low-cost API serve its DeepSeek models to consumers and developers.
Common DeepSeek errors
| Error | What it means | Usually | What to do |
|---|---|---|---|
The server is busy. Please try again later. | DeepSeek's chat service is overloaded and cannot answer right now. | Heavy load | Wait a minute and resend. Turning off DeepThink and web search for simple questions can help during peaks. Source |
503 - Server Overloaded | The API is overloaded due to high traffic. | Heavy load | Retry after a brief wait. Source |
500 - Server Error | DeepSeek's server hit an internal problem. | An outage | Retry after a brief wait and check status.deepseek.com if it continues. Source |
402 - Insufficient Balance | Your API account has run out of balance. | Your side | Top up your balance on the DeepSeek platform. Source |
401 - Authentication Fails | The API key is wrong or missing. | Your side | Check your API key or create a new one. Source |
429 - Rate Limit Reached | You are sending requests too quickly or exceeded a concurrency limit. | Your side | Pace your requests and retry with backoff. Source |
Is it just you?
- Compare the chat app and the API: the web chat can be busy while the API still answers, and the reverse.
- Try with DeepThink and web search turned off; those modes fail first when DeepSeek is overloaded.
- For the API, check your balance on platform.deepseek.com, since a 402 looks like a failure but is billing.
- Check status.deepseek.com and the reports on this page; many "server busy" reports at once means it is DeepSeek, not you.
Alternatives to DeepSeek
Questions
DeepSeek shows "The server is busy" when its servers cannot keep up with demand. It is not an account problem; wait and retry, and try without DeepThink or search for simple prompts.
Busy messages mean the service is up but overloaded, while a full outage stops the app and API from responding at all. This page checks DeepSeek's official status and sends real test requests to its API, so you can see whether it is answering.
The status and reports at the top of this page show what we see now. DeepSeek posts its own incidents at status.deepseek.com.
Sources: api-docs.deepseek.com, airdroid.com, status.deepseek.com
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