# Bug: Temporary Chat Unavailable Prematurely

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/bug-temporary-chat-unavailable-prematurely/762459>\
**Category:** ChatGPT\
**Tags:** chatgpt, bug\
**Created:** [May 18, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/bug-temporary-chat-unavailable-prematurely/762459 "2024-05-18T10:22:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nejmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9a28c/32.png) [@nejmi](https://community.openai.com/u/nejmi)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/bug-temporary-chat-unavailable-prematurely/762459/1 "2024-05-18T10:22:14Z")

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Hey everyone,  
Just wanted to flag a bug I’ve been encountering with ChatGPT’s temporary chat feature. According to the guidelines, these chats should be available for 6 hours. However, I’ve noticed that I’m getting an error message saying the chat isn’t available way before the 6-hour mark. Sometimes, it happens after just half an hour or so.  
Has anyone else experienced this issue? It’s a bit frustrating, especially when I’m in the middle of something important. Hopefully, the devs can look into this and fix it soon.

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**Author:** ![zdrnjabk4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/zdrnjabk4/32/392923_2.png) [@zdrnjabk4](https://community.openai.com/u/zdrnjabk4)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 8:31am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/bug-temporary-chat-unavailable-prematurely/762459/2 "2024-06-05T08:31:55Z")

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Hi, I’ve actually started experiencing even bigger issues with temporary chats over the last two days. Only the first msg goes through. On the second msg I get an error saying something went wrong.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/d/1/1/d11346ceb4fd94f0f934e03e9af24cb85aee5b17.png)

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**Author:** ![VeitB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/veitb/32/712987_2.png) [@VeitB](https://community.openai.com/u/VeitB)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/bug-temporary-chat-unavailable-prematurely/762459/3 "2024-06-05T10:08:25Z")

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Hi!

Can you confirm that this has nothing to do with the revenge outage and server problems?

> [@06/04/2024 ChatGPT Widespread Outage](https://community.openai.com/t/06-04-2024-chatgpt-widespread-outage/801592/):
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> There is an ongoing service disruption, OpenAI is aware of the issue and working on a fix. It is not necessary to chime in with your issues, but you are welcome to do so here if you want. You can check the progress of a fix on the status page,