DeepSeek global outage hits chat and API for nearly 5 hours; token compensation issued
On October 15, 2026, DeepSeek's web chat and API services experienced a global outage starting at 8:11 AM Beijing time, affecting DeepSeek V4 Pro API and V4.1 Flash API. The issue was resolved around 12:50 PM, lasting nearly five hours. As compensation, DeepSeek credited tokens to developers based on their API usage over the past 7 days, with some users reporting credits of over 300 yuan.
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DeepSeek服务器全球宕机！神秘Harness账号同时现身 一水 2026-10-15 10:04:09 来源： 量子位 网友集体崩溃：新模型要来了？ 一大早的，DeepSeek竟然崩了？？ 赶紧去翻官方状态页，好家伙，还真不是我一个人的问题。 DeepSeek官方已经挂出红色故障通知： DeepSeek网页及API目前部分中断，故障原因已经定位，正在实施修复 。 目前受影响的服务包括DeepSeek对话服务、DeepSeek V4 Pro API以及DeepSeek V4.1 Flash API。 发生啥了？？ 对话、API一起罢工，网友：新模型要来了？ 根据DeepSeek官方公布的事故记录，这次故障最早发生在北京时间10月15日上午8点11分。 官方一开始表示，团队正在调查问题、定位原因。 随后，事故状态进一步更新为“已定位”，并进入修复阶段。 截至官方发布最新进展时，这次故障已经持续约1个小时。 从用户反馈来看，大家遇到的情况还不太一样： 有人发送消息后迟迟收不到回复，有人一直卡在加载界面，还有人直接撞上了“服务器繁忙”“消息过于频繁，请稍后再试”等提示。 海外服务监测账号Status Is DOWN也很快发出提醒，称DeepSeek正在出现异常，并询问是否还有其他用户受到影响。 第三方故障监测平台StatusGator则显示，过去24小时内已经收到86条相关报障（还在不断增加）。 来自卢森堡的用户表示服务器没有响应，波兰用户直接反馈“没有回复”，纽约用户的评价更加言简意赅： 太慢了！ 只能说，上班上到一半，AI先罢工了。 更有意思的是，每逢DeepSeek服务器突然抽风，评论区都会自动进入一个熟悉的流程—— 先确认是不是自己的网络有问题。 再确认是不是DeepSeek真的崩了。 最后开始大胆开香槟： 该不会是新模型要来了吧？？ 前几天DeepSeek短暂异常时，就已经有海外网友在Reddit直接发问： “DeepSeek是不是又休假了？” 评论区里，有人表示自己同样无法使用，有人担心得直呼“不能失去聊天记录”，还有人当场把服务器故障和新模型联系到了一起： DeepSeek-V5？ 虽然每次服务异常都被网友猜成“发布前维护”，多少有点一崩就开香槟的意思。 但这次情况还真有那么一点微妙。 因为就在DeepSeek服务器出问题的同时，一个名叫“DeepSee
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补偿款来了，DeepSeek 发 Token 了。 今天早上 8 点左右，DeepSeek 网页和 API 突然大面积不可用，提示「服务器暂时不可用」。官方状态页显示对话服务、V4 Pro API、V4.1 Flash API 都受影响，属于部分中断。 到 9 时左右，公告更新为「已定位原因，正在实施修复」。但这次服务波动的时间很长，一直到中午还是没恢复正常，很多人照样打不开。直到 12 点 50 分左右，DeepSeek 实施了修复，持续时间接近 5 个小时。 由于这次波动影响到了通过 API 接入 DeepSeek 的开发者和应用。官方破天荒地在下午发放了赠送余额，几乎是人人有份。 赶紧也看了下我的账户，4 块多哈哈哈哈： 在社交网络上人们也开始晒出赛博发鸡蛋的数量，最多的看到有获得 300 多块钱的。DeepSeek 平台通知说，这是基于过去 7 天你的 API 使用量来计算的。 收到补偿的网友们开心了，已经希望「多多宕机」了。 赶快看下你的 Deepseek 账户，梁圣给你补了多少钱吧～
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