DeepSeek incident

DeepSeek not answering prompts

Resolved after 6 min.

Started: Oct 30, 2026, 08:23 UTC
Ended: Oct 30, 2026, 08:29 UTC
Worst state: Major outage
Our checks first saw it: Oct 30, 2026, 08:23 UTC test prompts
On DeepSeek’s status page: Never posted
Failing regions: Tokyo, Singapore, Frankfurt, São Paulo, N. Virginia

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Timeline

08:23 UTC Site Qwality checks · Major outage DeepSeek API not answering prompts
08:23 UTC Site Qwality checks · Major outage Failing from Tokyo
08:23 UTC Site Qwality checks · Major outage Failing from Frankfurt
08:23 UTC Site Qwality checks · Major outage Failing from São Paulo
08:23 UTC Site Qwality checks · Major outage Failing from N. Virginia
08:27 UTC Site Qwality checks · Major outage Failing from Singapore
08:29 UTC Site Qwality checks · Operational Checks clean again

Cite this incident

Site Qwality, “DeepSeek not answering prompts,” Oct 30, 2026, https://siteqwality.com/is-deepseek-down/incidents/deepseek-202610300823/

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