Is Grok Down? Thousands Report App and Website Outage
Yes, Grok AI hit a snag Friday night. Over 3,500 users reported issues on DownDetector by 10 p.m. EDT, starting around 9:50 p.m. The app and website stopped responding for many in the US, according to reports from El-Balad, Red94, Hindustan Times, and FreeJobAlert. (Note: El-Balad lists the date as December 6, 2025; others pin it to Friday, December 5.)
What’s Breaking
People trying to chat with Grok get this error every time: “Your conversation. There’s nothing here yet. An error occurred. Failed to process request.”
- App fully unresponsive across devices.
- Website won’t load chats or new prompts.
- Some histories vanished entirely—users fear data loss.
DownDetector tallied complaints from both platforms. Social posts on X and Reddit back it up, with screenshots of the same error.
What Users Are Saying
Frustration poured out online. One X user joked to El-Balad: “Looks like Grok is down. It went full on Donald-Trump – bragging and failing, and then collapsed.”
From Red94 reports: “I knew I shouldn’t have asked grok what the meaning of life is… He crashed.” Another: “Is grok down all my chats have deleted?”
Hindustan Times shared: “Is grok down for you guys? my history just disappeared.” And: “Grok, nothing will load. There are many reports on X and Reddit and down detector is reporting issues for people.”
Official Word?
None yet from xAI or Grok. Red94 checked status.x.ai, which lists services as fully operational. No updates there match the user flood. Keep an eye on X from xAI for fixes—these glitches often clear in hours.
