Reports of problems began surfacing on Sunday evening, as noted by Downdetector. The startup’s status page confirmed an initial issue at 9:35 p.m., marking it as resolved just two hours later. However, further updates on Monday revealed that DeepSeek was addressing additional performance problems that extended until 10:33 a.m.
The reasons behind the outages are not yet known, and DeepSeek has not swiftly replied to an emailed request for comment.
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The prolonged downtime is atypical for a globally utilized application like DeepSeek, which has held the reputation of being China’s leading artificial intelligence service for over a year. It is also an unusual occurrence for DeepSeek, which has maintained an operational record nearing 99% since the launch of its popular R1 model in January 2025, as reported on its status page.
Since the beginning of the year, speculation has been rife that the Hangzhou-based DeepSeek is gearing up to introduce a significant update, following its attention-grabbing debut on January 20 last year. This has prompted local competitors, including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ByteDance Ltd., and Tencent Holdings Ltd., to launch a flurry of new AI models and services during the Lunar New Year holiday.
Excitement for DeepSeek’s next major initiative remains high, although the discreet company has not disclosed any timeline.
(Edited by : Juviraj Anchil)
