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Is Perplexity down?
Up · checkedNo, Perplexity is not down right now: perplexity.ai answered our check at 23:15 UTC, and Perplexity’s status page reports no problems.
Perplexity is an AI search engine that answers questions with cited sources.
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Perplexity is up
perplexity.ai answered our last check in 35 ms. The official status page reports no problems.
- Last checked
- Response
- HTTP 403 · 35 ms
- Checked from
- Stockholm, London and New York
- Uptime since 16 Oct
- 100%
HTTP 403 is expected here: perplexity.ai’s bot protection answers automated checks, which shows the site is reachable. Outages show up as errors (5xx) or no answer.
Official status: All Systems Operational
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What isn’t working?
Reports, last 24 hours
Per 15 minutes, in UTC
- Last hour
- 0
- Usually per hour
- 0
- Last 24 hours
- 0
No problems with Perplexity reported in the last 24 hours.
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Perplexity not working? Common problems and fixes
What usually helps when Perplexity fails for you while it works for others.
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An answer stops or shows an error
Reload and ask again. If only one question fails, rephrase it; if every search fails, check the status above.
A limit on Pro searches
Free accounts get a limited number of Pro searches a day. Regular searches keep working when they run out.
The sign-in email doesn’t arrive
Perplexity signs you in with a link or code by email. Check spam, or use the Google or Apple sign-in if that is how you created the account.
//_03 Last 24 hours
Perplexity response time
How long perplexity.ai took to answer our checks from Stockholm, London and New York, averaged per 15 minutes.
- Average
- 32 ms
- Slowest
- 74 ms
- Failed checks
- 0
//_04 Uptime
Perplexity uptime, last 90 days
- 24 hours
- 100%
- Since 16 Oct
- 100%
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Recent Perplexity outages
Since we started checking Perplexity on 16 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found Perplexity down. Perplexity’s status page reported no incidents in that time.
- Outages in our checks, since 16 Oct
- 0
- Downtime, since 16 Oct
- None
- Longest outage
- –
- Status page incidents, since 16 Oct
- 0
Outage timeline
No outages of Perplexity, in our checks or on its status page, since we started checking it on 16 Oct 2026.
Open on Perplexity’s status page
No open incidents on Perplexity’s status page right now.
Perplexity components on its status page
- Website Operational
- App Operational
- Computer Operational
- API Operational
Every Perplexity outage since our checks started, with start, end and duration, and an Atom feed for your reader or Slack.
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About Perplexity outages
Is Perplexity down right now?
No, Perplexity is not down right now: perplexity.ai answered our check at 23:15 UTC, and Perplexity’s status page reports no problems.
When was Perplexity last down?
Our checks haven’t found Perplexity down since we started checking it on 16 Oct 2026.
How often does Perplexity go down?
Since we started checking Perplexity on 16 Oct 2026, our checks every 2 minutes have not found Perplexity down. Perplexity’s status page reported no incidents in that time.
How does Uptimecheck check Perplexity?
We request https://www.perplexity.ai/ every 2 minutes from Stockholm, London and New York. Any answer below HTTP 500 within 10 seconds counts as up, since large sites often answer automated requests with 403. A failure only counts once a second check confirms it. We also read Perplexity’s official status page every 2 minutes.
What can I do when Perplexity is down?
Check Perplexity’s official status page for updates and try again in a few minutes. If perplexity.ai works for us but not for you, try another network or browser, or clear your DNS cache. If your own product depends on Perplexity, tell your customers on your status page before they email support.
Why is Perplexity not working for me when it is up?
Our check shows that perplexity.ai answers. Your own network, a VPN, browser extensions, an outdated app or a problem with your account can still break Perplexity for you alone. The common problems on this page list what usually helps, and when many people report the same problem, it shows here.
Can I get an alert when Perplexity has an outage?
Yes. Start a free trial and Uptimecheck watches Perplexity’s official status page for you and alerts you by email, SMS, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Telegram or webhook when it reports an outage, and again when it is resolved.
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