Service Status Guide
Is Perplexity Down? Live Status, Checks, and What to Do
Use this page to quickly verify whether Perplexity issues are local or platform-wide, then switch to a backup workflow if urgent work is blocked.
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Live probe summary for Perplexity (updates every 60s on this page)
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Alerts
Perplexity outage alerts
Get notified when Perplexity recovers or shows degraded performance.
Waitlist intake is live. Connect a webhook (`ALERT_SIGNUP_WEBHOOK_URL`) to store signups server-side.
Quick verification flow
- Check the live monitor for current status and latency signals.
- Open the provider's official status page or incident feed.
- Test a different browser profile or network to rule out local issues.
- If the issue blocks work, switch to a backup provider immediately.
Common symptoms
- Perplexity fails to load or stays blank.
- Login/session loops or failed authentication.
- Slow responses, timeouts, or intermittent errors.
- Regional performance differences during incidents.
Backup workflow during incidents
Keep at least one backup assistant pre-configured so you can reroute critical tasks without losing time.
- ChatGPT: useful as a fallback for openai conversational ai workloads.
- Claude: useful as a fallback for anthropic ai assistant workloads.
- Gemini: useful as a fallback for google ai model workloads.
Related guides
Official source
Use verified provider updates first when making operational decisions.
https://www.perplexity.ai