August 11,The DeepSeek service suddenly suffered a complete outage, and the API interface, web platform and App were unable to access or respond.Many netizens also reported service anomalies through the Weibo topic #DeepSeekCollapse#.

According to the announcement released by DeepSeek on its official website,DeepSeek webpage/API has been restored.

The announcement is as follows:

At 21:55, the issue has been discovered and a fix is ​​being implemented;

22:28, the problem has been located and the service is gradually being restored;

At 23:12, most services have returned to normal;

At 23:39, the incident was resolved.

It is understood that at the beginning of 2025, DeepSeek, a large AI model from China, has quickly become popular with its breakthrough progress, and all walks of life are actively embracing DeepSeek.

On January 27, the Deepseek app topped the free app download rankings in Apple's app stores in China and the United States, surpassing ChatGPT in the U.S. download list.

QuestMobile data shows,DeepSeek's daily active users surpassed Doubao for the first time on January 28, and then exceeded the 30 million mark on February 1, becoming the fastest application in history to reach this milestone.