Service status
Is DeepSeek down right now?
No. As of 18 Oct 2026, 09:17 UTC, DeepSeek's official status page lists no open incident. The most recent one, DeepSeek 网页/API 部分中断（DeepSeek Web/API Partially Unavailable）, started 15 Oct 2026, 00:11 UTC and is resolved.
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Recent DeepSeek incidents
From DeepSeek's official incident feed, newest first. Titles are DeepSeek's own, in Chinese and English.
- DeepSeek 网页/API 部分中断（DeepSeek Web/API Partially Unavailable） · resolved · 对话服务(Chatservice), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service), DeepSeek V4 Pro API服务(API Service)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service), 对话服务(Chatservice)
- DeepSeek 网页=部分中断（DeepSeek Web Partially Unavailable） · resolved · 对话服务(Chatservice)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · 对话服务(Chatservice), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · DeepSeek V4 Pro API服务(API Service), 对话服务(Chatservice), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service), DeepSeek V4 Pro API服务(API Service), 对话服务(Chatservice)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service), DeepSeek V4 Pro API服务(API Service), 对话服务(Chatservice)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service), 对话服务(Chatservice)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · DeepSeek V4 Pro API服务(API Service), 对话服务(Chatservice)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service), 对话服务(Chatservice), 上传文件服务(File Upload Service), 搜索服务(Search Service), DeepSeek V4 Pro API服务(API Service)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 性能下降（DeepSeek Web/API Degraded Performance） · resolved · DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service)
- DeepSeek 网页/API 部分中断（DeepSeek Web/API Partially Unavailable） · resolved · 对话服务(Chatservice), DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API服务(API Service)
API errors that look like an outage
- 503 Server OverloadedHigh traffic; retry after a brief wait.
- 500 Server ErrorA server issue; retry after a brief wait, contact DeepSeek if it persists.
- 429 Rate Limit ReachedToo many requests or concurrency/QPS limit; pace your requests.
- 402 Insufficient BalanceYour account has run out of balance; top up.
Source: DeepSeek API error codes.
Questions
- Is DeepSeek down right now?
- This page reads the incident feed of DeepSeek's official status page (status.deepseek.com) at most once a minute and shows any open incident. If the feed cannot be read, the answer says Unknown; open the official page directly.
- What does DeepSeek error 503 'Server Overloaded' mean?
- DeepSeek's docs say the server is overloaded due to high traffic; retry your request after a brief wait. Error 500 means a server issue: retry after a brief wait and contact DeepSeek if it persists. Source: DeepSeek API error codes.
- Why does the DeepSeek API return 429?
- 429 (Rate Limit Reached) means you are sending requests too quickly or exceeded a concurrency or QPS limit. Pace your requests; it is not an outage. Source: DeepSeek API error codes.
- Where is DeepSeek's official status page?
- At status.deepseek.com, with components for the V4 Pro API, the V4.1 Flash API and the chat service, and an incident history.
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