Eliminate ChatGPT “Something Went Wrong” Errors with the KeepChatGPT Chrome Extension

Problem

When a user leaves the ChatGPT web page for a while and then returns, the interface often shows the error message “Something went wrong”. The error appears frequently and disrupts workflows that rely on continuous ChatGPT usage.

Solution 1: Access ChatGPT via OpenAI API Key

Use an OpenAI API key with a third‑party client (e.g., the official openai Python library, curl, or any open‑source UI) instead of the web UI. This bypasses the web‑page session handling and usually eliminates the “Something went wrong” error.

Typical usage example (Python):

import openai
openai.api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
response = openai.ChatCompletion.create(
    model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Notes:

Each API key has a usage quota; once exhausted you must add a payment method to continue.

API access provides stable responses but does not include the unlimited free usage available on the official website.

ChatGPT Plus members gain GPT‑4 access, but GPT‑4 is only reachable through the web UI, not the API.

Solution 2: KeepChatGPT Userscript

KeepChatGPT is an open‑source userscript (hosted on GitHub) that patches the ChatGPT web client to suppress the error message and adds several usability improvements.

Key Features

Suppresses the “Something went wrong” error.

Disables backend audit detection, allowing access to more content.

Reduces the need for frequent page refreshes.

Prevents the username from being copied together with answer text.

Works on mobile browsers.

Project repository: https://github.com/xcanwin/KeepChatGPT/

Installation Steps

Install the Tampermonkey extension (or any compatible userscript manager) from https://www.tampermonkey.net/ using the version that matches your browser.

Open the KeepChatGPT script page at https://greasyfork.org/zh-CN/scripts/462804-keepchatgpt and click the Install button provided by Tampermonkey.

After installation, navigate to https://chat.openai.com/. A small KeepChatGPT icon should appear in the top‑left corner, indicating the script is active.

Restart the browser to ensure the script loads correctly, then start a new conversation to verify that the error no longer appears.

After confirming the icon is visible, ChatGPT can be used without encountering the frequent error, and the additional features provided by KeepChatGPT become available.