ChatGPT Search not working and web icon missing

At least you’re able to see a search. I’m not able to search anything.

Have you gotten a response from your direct DM to the OpenAI staff post?

I was told he was going to check with engineering to see if they could look into the issue.

I’m still waiting for his response.

Hey everyone, as a quick update, our engineering team is investigating this issue further. Thanks for the DMs and we’ll continue to provide updates here.

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yes, same issue. Was working fine then something updated and not working. No magnifying glass to search prior chats

Hello, I am having an issue. I have had the ChatGPT Plus subscription for a year now. I had started using the recent web search. I am unable to search the web even if the web search icon is turned on.
I have tried all the suggestions, including clearing cache, reinstalling, rebooting, shutting down extensions, changing language, using incognito, and using different browsers, yet to no avail.
The same account is however working fine on my phone and iPad. I cannot work on my laptop which is proving to be inconvenient.

Kindly help.

Hey everyone -

Our engineering team has made some changes in the backend while adding some debug logging to help us with better isolating this issue. Could people who were part of the SearchGPT waitlist try again and see if they are still encountering this same issue? If so, you can feel free to DM me your email address and I’ll get this routed to our engineering team to review our logging.

Best,
Andrew

It’s not working. I suspect ChatGPT Plus is unavailable.

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Hey, I tried on different platforms and still get the same result as before.

Same here:

Hey everyone -

Thanks for confirming that the issue is persisting. I will circle back internally so we can look into this further and provide an update once we know more.

Best,
Andrew

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I see the web icon but can’t click it it says not not available. i have subscrition and i’m using model 4

I got the same problem, using Plus. Search button stopped working for 2 days while GPT keeps saying it doesn’t have access to internet. Please fix

Hi Everyone
My ChatGPT web search works fine on the Pad and phone but not on the laptop.

It says cannot connect to the internet on the browser.

Hey everyone, I have just got the new ChatGPT Search back :slight_smile:
Both in the app and on the web

Cheers

Hi everyone -

Thanks for the patience! We’ve just rolled out the GA version of our new ChatGPT Search feature to our end users (available on all plans). This should address any issues that users on the waitlist might have previously been facing.

If you continue to face issues with the search functionality, I would suggest checking out our Help Center and you should be able to contact Support for further assistance.

Best,
Andrew

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hey,
thanks for your help

quick question,
is there any restriction as per age to access this feature??

Hey! For one week ChatGPT Search hasn’t been working. Every time when I suggest to use Internet browsing for finding some information, ChatGPT answers that it doesn’t have an Internet access. In instructions this option is turned on. Browser icon doesn’t work the same way.

Same things happen to me. Do not have search the web button. However another account has this button.

i cannot access to web search and attach files also so i hope that your directors fix this error