--- title: "Is DeepSeek Down?" description: "DeepSeek API, DeepSeek Chat, and DeepSeek AI platform services." url: "https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/deepseek" markdown: "https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/deepseek.md" --- # Is DeepSeek Down? > DeepSeek API, DeepSeek Chat, and DeepSeek AI platform services. ## Important Links - [View MCP Gateway](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/resources/mcp-gateway.md) - [Features](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/#features) - [Enterprise](https://www.getmaxim.ai/enterprise) - [Pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/pricing) - [Docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai) - [GitHub](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost) - [Book a Demo](https://www.getmaxim.ai/book-a-demo) ## Status At A Glance Official status data last reflected here: Sep 9, 2026 UTC. - **Unknown Current Status.** Status Unavailable - **0 Components.** Service areas tracked on this page - **0 90d Incidents.** Incidents reported in the last 90 days ## About DeepSeek DeepSeek provides DeepSeek API, DeepSeek Chat, and DeepSeek reasoning models. Teams monitor DeepSeek when they need fast visibility into API health, especially for applications balancing performance, cost, and fallback behavior across model providers. This page pulls data from DeepSeek's official status page to show current service health, any active incidents, and a history of recent issues, all in one view. Full incident history available. DeepSeek publishes detailed component status, a full incident archive, and scheduled maintenance data through their official status page. ## How This Page Is Monitored Data pulled from DeepSeek's official status page (status.deepseek.com) Refreshed every 60 seconds Covers DeepSeek API, DeepSeek Chat, and DeepSeek reasoning models Includes full incident archive and scheduled maintenance history ## Recent Reliability No incidents reported in the last 90 days based on the available data. No incidents have been reported by DeepSeek in the data currently available. All 0 monitored components are currently operational. ## Incidents & Maintenance Active incidents, scheduled maintenance, and incident history for DeepSeek. No incidents are currently reported for DeepSeek in the available data. ## DeepSeek Models & Pricing DeepSeek offers 11 models across 1 mode (11 chat). | Popular Model | Input $/1M | | --- | --- | | deepseek-v4-pro | $1.32 | | deepseek-v4-pro-0813 | $1.32 | | deepseek-r1 | $0.55 | | deepseek-v4-flash | $0.44 | | deepseek-v4-flash-vision-exp | $0.44 | - [View all DeepSeek pricing](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/llm-cost-calculator/provider/deepseek.md) ## Alternative Providers for Automatic Failover When DeepSeek experiences issues, Bifrost AI Gateway can automatically route your LLM traffic to these alternatives. - [OpenAI](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/openai.md) - [Anthropic](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/anthropic.md) - [Groq](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/groq.md) - [Cohere](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/cohere.md) ## FAQ ### Is DeepSeek down right now? Check the status indicator at the top of this page. It pulls directly from DeepSeek's official status page. If DeepSeek is experiencing any issues, you'll see it reflected here. This real-time monitoring helps teams quickly identify whether performance problems are caused by DeepSeek infrastructure or their own systems. ### What does this DeepSeek status page track? This page tracks DeepSeek API, DeepSeek Chat, and DeepSeek reasoning models using data from DeepSeek's official status page. You can see current component health, active incidents, and a history of past issues. This visibility is crucial for teams building resilient AI applications that need to route around provider outages. ### How often is DeepSeek status updated here? We check DeepSeek's status page every 60 seconds to ensure you get near real-time status updates. How quickly issues show up here depends on how fast DeepSeek updates their own official status. For production systems that need instant failover, Bifrost can automatically detect and route around degraded providers. ### Why monitor DeepSeek status? Teams monitor DeepSeek when they need fast visibility into API health, especially for applications balancing performance, cost, and fallback behavior across model providers. Real-time status monitoring enables proactive incident response and helps teams decide when to route traffic to alternative providers for maximum uptime. ### What should I do when DeepSeek goes down? When DeepSeek experiences an outage, the best practice is automatic failover to alternative AI providers. Bifrost is an open-source AI gateway that automatically detects DeepSeek degradation and routes LLM traffic to healthy alternatives like OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, keeping your application running with zero manual intervention. This intelligent routing ensures your users never experience downtime from a single provider's issues. ### How can I prevent DeepSeek downtime from affecting my application? Production AI applications should never depend on a single provider. Bifrost AI Gateway provides automatic multi-provider failover, intelligent load balancing, and health-based routing. When DeepSeek degrades, Bifrost instantly routes requests to operational alternatives while maintaining API compatibility. This architecture approach is used by teams running mission-critical AI features. ### What are common causes of DeepSeek outages and degraded performance? Common causes of DeepSeek issues include infrastructure scaling challenges, regional cloud provider problems, API gateway overload, and deployment errors. Monitor this page to stay informed, and consider implementing automatic failover with Bifrost to maintain uptime during DeepSeek incidents. ## Related Resources - [Status: OpenAI](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/openai.md) - [Status: Anthropic](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/anthropic.md) - [Status: Groq](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/groq.md) - [Status: Cohere](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/cohere.md) - [All provider status](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status.md) - [Docs: Bifrost docs](https://docs.getbifrost.ai) - [GitHub: maximhq/bifrost](https://github.com/maximhq/bifrost) - [Pricing: Bifrost pricing](https://www.getmaxim.ai/pricing) - [Enterprise: Bifrost enterprise](https://www.getmaxim.ai/enterprise) - [Book a Demo: Bifrost demo](https://www.getmaxim.ai/book-a-demo) - [Resources: Bifrost resources](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/resources.md) --- *This is a markdown version of [https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/deepseek](https://maxim-root-proxy-preview.getmaxim.workers.dev/bifrost/provider-status/deepseek) for AI/LLM consumption.*