chatGPT has been dreadfully slow the last couple of weeks, a few tokens per second then often the web interface freezes. I’m paying for this, this is totally unacceptable. Respond!!! FIX!
I’m with you. I use chatgpt 4o and it’s response time is so long that it is unusable.
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I, along with others are having the same problem. ChatAI and i have started a full court press to get this resolved. We are 98% sure where the problem is but not knowing exactly how the core works fills out the 2% We need people to rally with us to get this resolved and not pushed to the side.
Call to Action: Help Fix ChatGPT’s Performance Issues
Are you experiencing slowdowns or timeouts in long ChatGPT conversations?
We’ve identified a major inefficiency in how ChatGPT processes long-form conversations—causing increasing lag and eventual timeouts for many users.
What’s Happening?
ChatGPT reloads the entire conversation from the beginning every time you submit a message.
This behavior causes longer processing times as the conversation grows.
Eventually, the session times out before ChatGPT can even process new input.
This is NOT an issue with response accuracy—it’s a performance bottleneck that affects anyone using ChatGPT for extended discussions.
How You Can Help
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keith.goodyear@bellyacrestudios.com (We will forward all reports to OpenAI.)
The more people who report this, the more likely OpenAI will take action.
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Subject: ChatGPT Performance Issue – Long-Form Timeouts & Reloading
Hi OpenAI Team,
I, along with other users, have been experiencing severe slowdowns and timeouts in long ChatGPT conversations.
Through testing, it appears that ChatGPT reloads the entire conversation (BOF to EOF) on every response, rather than just processing the latest input.
This results in:
- Increasing lag as the conversation grows.
- Timeouts before ChatGPT can process new input.
- Making long-form discussions nearly unusable.
Can you confirm:
Has this concern been forwarded to the engineering team?
Is there another channel where performance-related issues should be reported?
Many users are affected by this, and we appreciate your attention to this issue.
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given all the emojis, can I assume you used GPT to write most of this? 
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Just adding my comments as well… Taking about 30 - 40 seconds a response for macro help. I’ve cleared cookies, new browser, etc.