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Perplexity's last 90 days

Problems reported: 7
Time with problems: 9 h 44 min
Major outages: 4 h 3 min
Last problem: 9 Oct

90 days agoToday

No problems
Some problems
Major outage
Planned work
No record yet

Recent problems

9 Oct23:38
Elevated API errors and timeouts
Some problems · 37 min
5 Sep05:50
We have identified few connectors that are impacting users.
Major outage · 2 h 19 min
3 Sep21:30
Issue with usage based billing
Major outage · 40 min
1 Sep00:33
Computer Tasks Degraded
Some problems · 34 min
14 Aug11:46
Computer Sandbox Errors
Some problems · 57 min
13 Aug01:45
Investigating API issue
Major outage · 1 h 4 min
6 Aug15:30
Computer Sandbox Issue
Some problems · 3 h 33 min
23 Jul18:48
Computer sandbox issues
Major outage · 26 min

What Perplexity reports on

WebsiteWorking
AppWorking
ComputerWorking
APIWorking

If Perplexity isn't working

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Ranked by their own reported problems over the last 90 days. * The record for this app is still filling in.

Is Perplexity safe to use?

Facts from its own public records, checked every day.

Fake emails in its name: Blocked. Emails pretending to come from perplexity.ai are rejected by inboxes. Check your own domain with LeadLamp
Secure connection: Yes. Its website certificate is valid until 11 Jan 2027 (issued by Let's Encrypt).
Security contact: Published. It tells security researchers how to report problems (a security.txt file).
Known data breaches: None listed. Have I Been Pwned lists no data breaches for perplexity.ai.

Checked 21 Oct 2026 from perplexity.ai's public records. Breach data from Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0).

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