Continuous gpt3 api 500 error: The server had an error while processing your request. Sorry about that!

API
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I’m experiencing the same problem even if I wait more than 5 seconds between every call.

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I have the same problem. And I did not continuously prompt.

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I have the same problem as well. Along with very flow response times.

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It’s probably because people are spamming ChatGPT right now. They are severely limiting our API access to give more power to ChatGPT’s side.

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Same here, any update from OpenAI team ?

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It’s not anything to do with the API, it happens in Playground as well.

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Same here ! Premium / free account : “The server had an error while processing your request. Sorry about that!”

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Same here. Tried several workarounds, but the issue persists.

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Yes, I’m experiencing the same issue.

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same here with payment plan added and still getting same response.

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I am also getting this error.

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Same here for several hours very consistently:

openai.error.RateLimitError: The server had an error while processing your request. Sorry about that!

Using python 3.10
python openapi client 0.26.4

I’m located in EEST (+2 GMT) Anyone else seeing this? Could it be a local issue?

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Still getting this even today… what in the world is going on?

{
  "error": {
    "message": "The server had an error while processing your request. Sorry about that!",
    "type": "server_error",
    "param": null,
    "code": null
  }
}
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Suddenly got the same problem yesterday!

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My side has lasted 30 disappeared, too painful for me.

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Amazing, days later, still the same error exists on almost every other submission.

{
  "error": {
    "message": "The server had an error while processing your request. Sorry about that!",
    "type": "server_error",
    "param": null,
    "code": null
  }
}
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The error are smae. Is there official server status openai api? It is very ctirical.

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Same problem for us, manifests as a 429 error with the body “The server had an error while processing your request. Sorry about that!”

No response from OpenAI on their Messenger either…

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No response at all from anyone at OpenAI. There must’ve been hundreds of people who have messaged them by now… dozens of posts here on the forum, and not a single word from the OpenAI team. It’s frustrating because, for many of us, our products rely on OpenAI to function… and they are broken now. Having 30-50% failed/blank outputs is simply not feasible.

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There is no need for a delay in loops. The API limit for requests on paid accounts is 3000/minute. It makes absolutely no sense why anyone would put a “delay” in the loop unless they are looping over 3000 items (which, using davinci, would almost certainly take over 60 seconds).

This current bug has nothing to do with a delay. No matter how much you delay, there’s still a 30-50% chance it will fail and you will receive a “server_error” “The server had an error while processing your request. Sorry about that!”

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/5955598-is-api-usage-subject-to-any-rate-limits