Status check

Is Perplexity down right now?

Official Perplexity status below — Website, API, and Computer can fail separately. If status looks green but Perplexity still fails, try another network or browser first. We summarize status.perplexity.com.

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Lite page — status.perplexity.com (Website / API / Computer) when available.

Quick checks

Is it just you — or is Perplexity down?

Website, API, and Computer are different components. Identify which one failed.

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Open Perplexity Status
Confirm Website vs API vs Computer. A Computer-only incident can feel like “Perplexity down” if that is the feature you were using.
02
Retry a simple query
If a short search works but Research / Computer fails, you are in a feature-scoped problem.
03
Another browser / network
Extensions that rewrite pages break citation UIs often — test a clean profile.
04
API consumers check separately
Builders: API downtime can coexist with a working website (and the reverse).

Who this hits

When a Perplexity outage hurts most

Research is search → sources → answer → follow-ups. Losing a thread means losing the chain of citations — not just one prompt.

Mid-Research / Deep Research

Dozens of searches and a long report. A failed run can erase hours of accumulated work — copy the summary and key URLs before refresh.

Computer tasks

Sandbox / Computer jobs are a separate status component. Save intermediate outputs even if Website looks fine.

Projects

Projects keep conversations, files, and instructions together. A broken Project is more disruptive than one failed query — note the project name and query.

While you wait

What to do if you had an unfinished chat

Perplexity outages are costly mid-Research (dozens of searches + citations) or mid-Computer task. Save the summary and source links before refreshing.

Copy answer + citations

Grab the visible summary and a few citation URLs. A failed Research run can leave an incomplete report even when older chats remain.

Computer tasks are separate

Perplexity Status lists Computer as its own component. Website can look fine while Computer sandbox tasks fail — check the official board.

Park the original query

Keep the question text (and Project name if you use Projects) so you can rerun Research after the Perplexity outage clears.

Back up Perplexity chats you want to find again

Pactify syncs Perplexity conversations to Notion and indexes chat history for local search. When Perplexity is down, you can still find Research threads you already backed up — it does not keep Perplexity itself running.

While you wait — a simple backup

Back up Perplexity research — find citations later

You came for Perplexity status. Pactify backs up Perplexity conversations to Notion and indexes chat history for local search — Research and Pro threads you already saved stay findable if perplexity.ai is down.

Sync chats to Notion

Sync Perplexity Research or Computer threads to Notion so citations and drafts have a backup outside the browser tab.

Search chat history on this device

Full-text search across Perplexity chats indexed on this device. Find past research when Perplexity is down — for chats you already opened or synced with Pactify.

Export when you need a copy

One-shot export to Markdown / Word (and Notion) for any open Perplexity chat — handy after a long thread you do not want to lose to copy-paste.

Add to Chrome — Free

Free · Backup to Notion · Chat history search · Export

What is at stake

What usually survives vs what is at risk

Finished threads usually return; incomplete Research is the fragile artifact.

Usually still there later

Older Perplexity threads that finished
Saved Collections / Spaces once the site recovers
API keys and account settings

Easy to lose right now

Incomplete Research reports
Citation lists only on screen
Computer task outputs not exported yet

Status honesty

What Perplexity status covers — and what it doesn’t

We show a light summary from the official Perplexity Status feed when it is reachable.

Website / API / Computer split

Official status separates these on purpose. Read the component that matches your feature.

Open the official page for details

Our card is a helper. Full history and incident notes stay on status.perplexity.com.

Feed can be briefly unreachable

If our card cannot refresh, open status.perplexity.com directly — that is the source of truth.

What you might see

Perplexity feels down — what people usually mean

Search, Research, and Computer can fail separately. Here’s the everyday version.

“Something went wrong, try again later”

Often a temporary glitch. Try a short, simple question first. If that works but Research fails, wait and retry Research later.

Search spins forever / never returns an answer

Copy any partial text on screen before you refresh — a stuck search often loses what you already saw.

Old threads or library won’t open

History can break while a new search still works. Keep your own copies of Research you care about.

Computer / sandbox tasks fail, but search works

Those tools can break on their own. Save any intermediate results, then use regular search until Computer recovers.

FAQ

Perplexity down — FAQ

Why does Perplexity go down sometimes?

Perplexity runs on shared cloud infrastructure. Traffic spikes, model rollouts, and upstream network issues can cause partial or full outages — often on one surface (web chat, API, or a single model) rather than everything everywhere. Short incidents are common and usually not about your account alone.

How long do Perplexity outages usually last?

Many incidents resolve in under an hour; larger events can last several hours. Prefer the official status page over social rumor for live updates.

Will I lose my Perplexity chats if it goes down?

A temporary outage usually does not delete your existing conversation history. What you often lose is the unfinished assistant reply — a generation that never committed cleanly. Copy anything useful on screen before you refresh.

How do I prevent losing important Perplexity conversations?

During an outage: copy key prompts and answers to a note. For ongoing protection: back up chats you care about. Pactify can sync Perplexity conversations to Notion and index chat history for full-text search on this device — so when the host is down, you can still find chats you already backed up (it does not keep Perplexity itself running).

Where is the official Perplexity status page?

Use the official status source linked at the top of this page (https://status.perplexity.com/). Pactify summarizes that source when available.

Perplexity website works but Computer is broken?

Yes. Official status separates Website, API, and Computer. A Computer-only incident can look like “Perplexity down” if that is the feature you were using.

Did my Research result disappear?

A failed Research run can be incomplete or unusable. That is different from your entire conversation history being deleted — still copy citations while they are on screen.

Are Collections deleted during an outage?

Usually no. Protect unfinished Research and Computer output; Collections typically return with the site.

Can Pactify recover Perplexity research I never backed up?

No. Pactify can sync Perplexity chats to Notion, export open threads, and search history already indexed on this device. It cannot recreate live search state from a failed Research run.

Also check

Other AI status pages

Outages are often product-specific. If one host is down, another may still be reachable — or you may want the matching status check.

Back up chats. Search history on this device.

When an AI site is down, you usually cannot keep chatting — but you can still find conversations you already saved. Add Pactify free: sync to Notion, export open chats, and full-text search indexed history on this device.