Is Perplexity down right now?
- No problems on the official status page, in our checks or in visitor reports.
Based on: Perplexity AI's official status page · our checks every minute · visitor reports. How we decide.
Is Perplexity working for you?
In the last 15 minutes: 0 “down for me” and 0 “working for me” reports.
Perplexity is an AI answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources, used at perplexity.ai and in its apps. This page reads Perplexity's official status for its website, app, Computer and API, and checks perplexity.ai and the Perplexity API every minute.
Official status from Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI reports no open incidents for Perplexity.
All 4 official components operational
| Website | Operational |
| App | Operational |
| Computer | Operational |
| API | Operational |
Read . Open the official status page.
Our checks
Every minute we contact Perplexity's public addresses from Cloudflare's network. Bot protection and missing API keys often cause 401, 403 or 404 replies; those still show the service is reachable.
| Address | Result | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Website www.perplexity.ai | ✅ Reachable (403: bot protection, normal) | 694 ms |
| API api.perplexity.ai | ✅ Reachable (404, as expected for this address) | 875 ms |
Last 24 hours
Not working for you? Try this
- Is it the search or the whole site?If an answer starts but sources don't load, or the answer stops halfway, the problem may be with web search rather than Perplexity as a whole. Asking again a minute later often works.
- Rule out plan limitsSome features and models have daily limits on free and paid plans. A message about limits is about your account, not an outage.
- Try a private windowOpen perplexity.ai in a private window. If it works there, an extension or old site data is the cause: switch off extensions or clear site data for perplexity.ai.
- Update the appIf the website works but the app doesn't, update the app from your app store and restart it.
- Change networkSome workplace and school networks block AI tools. Try mobile data, or switch off any VPN for a moment.
- API users: check your key and balance401 errors point to a missing or wrong API key. Requests also fail once your API credit runs out, so check your balance in Perplexity's API settings. Errors in the 500s are on Perplexity's side.
What to use while Perplexity is down
- ChatGPT
Can search the web too, and handles general tasks.No problems - Gemini
Google's assistant, backed by Google Search.No problems - Claude
Strong for reading and summarising documents you upload.No problems - Microsoft Copilot
Free, with web answers and sources.No problems
Perplexity outages in the last 90 days
We haven't recorded any Perplexity incidents in the last 90 days. We started tracking in October 2026.
Questions about Perplexity outages
Is Perplexity down, or is a website it searches down?
Perplexity reads other websites to answer you. If one of those sites is down, that answer may leave it out, but Perplexity itself is working. If every question fails, check the verdict at the top of this page.
Can the Perplexity app be down while the website works?
Yes. Perplexity lists its website, app and API separately on its status page, and the official components on this page show each one.
Where is Perplexity's official status page?
At status.perplexity.com. We read it every minute and show the result on this page.
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