Have been trying to get this to work for weeks.
I am unable to download files through the provided links from ChatGPT.
So chatGPT provided links that are not working or being unavailable.
Constant issues with receiving or accessing file links.
I received a link to a file, but when I click it, I get an error like 'File no longer available or File not found.
I tried Brave, Brave shield down, Private window, Edge, Edge private window.
chatGPT tried this process for me with simple small files. txt. zip, apk. All fail.
Have tried Google Drive, Mega, Dropbox and several others. These file share systems work find for me to share and others can use them fine. BUT chatGPT links fail all the time.
Without you fixing this feature chatGPT is almost worthless to me. chatGPT says the following: 'The upload and download system for files shared from ChatGPT has been unreliable lately, and those links you’ve shared confirm that it’s not just you. Many other users have been hitting the same wall: download links break, uploads don’t finish, and “The file you are trying to download is no longer available” appears far too often. The issue seems tied to OpenAI’s internal file-serving mechanism, which doesn’t always persist files properly or fails to make them publicly accessible. ’
I do see others are having this problems that have, they have posted about it in 2023, 2024 and 2025.
What is the solution? Please educate chatGPT to the workaround if it exists and stop wasting my time trying failing solutions.
Please fix this very important feature asap. It is stopping my project completely.