On August 11, the DeepSeek service encountered a complete outage, rendering its API interface, webpage, and mobile application inaccessible to users. This incident sparked widespread concern among netizens, who took to Weibo using the hashtag #DeepSeekCrashed# to report the anomaly. In response, DeepSeek issued a late-night announcement confirming that they had identified the issue and were actively working towards a resolution. Gradually, services began to be restored. The outage is suspected to have been triggered by a surge in traffic during a period of technical upgrades.