Anthropic Outage History

The Anthropic Claude services—claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), and Claude Code—experienced a global outage that prevented users from logging in, starting chats, or accessing previous conversations across devices and regions. The incident began on Jan 14, 2026 8:34 AM UTC and, by Jan 14, 2026 8:38 AM UTC, the status page listed elevated error rates while the team investigated. The issue was resolved by Jan 14, 2026 9:53 AM UTC, lasting about 1 hour and 19 minutes. The service posted two status updates during the incident.

User reports spanned multiple continents, indicating a global disruption with affected users in Europe, North America, Asia, and Australia. The outage impacted three Claude components, disrupting login, chat functionality, and access to prior conversations. Restoration followed the investigation as status returned to normal.

Anthropic Claude experienced a brief degradation of Opus 4.5 beginning around Jan 13, 2026 7:28 AM UTC, impacting four Claude services: platform.claude.com, claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), and Claude Code. Users reported errors and degraded responsiveness in the early minutes of the incident, with activity visible in early reports around 7:00 AM UTC and 7:15 AM UTC UTC. The Claude status page indicated Investigating at Jan 13, 2026 7:27 AM UTC and then showed a degraded state at Jan 13, 2026 7:28 AM UTC before the services returned to normal by Jan 13, 2026 7:43 AM UTC.

Anthropic Claude experienced a brief degradation affecting four components: platform.claude.com, claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), and Claude Code. Users reported longer response times and errors during the incident. The degradation began at 6:23 PM UTC and was resolved by 8:18 PM UTC.

The official Claude status page issued two updates during the incident, noting an elevated rate of errors and that a fix was being implemented. Service availability returned to normal after the fix was applied, with user reports indicating improved responsiveness and fewer errors thereafter. The incident appeared across regions with a noticeable volume of reports, reflecting broad but temporary disruption.

Anthropic experienced a brief degradation affecting the Claude API (api.anthropic.com) and Claude Code due to elevated error rates on Sonnet 4.5 1M context. This led to errors or slower responses for requests to these services.

The incident began at Jan 10, 2026 2:38 PM UTC and was resolved by Jan 10, 2026 3:18 PM UTC, lasting about 40 minutes. The provider issued two official status updates during the event, indicating ongoing investigation and subsequent recovery, after which services returned to normal.

Anthropic Claude services (claude.ai and Claude Code) experienced a subscription activation and billing issue that could leave new customers charged without proper access, risking duplicate payments. The issue began around Jan 9, 2026 7:41 PM UTC and the status page listed a degraded state at Jan 9, 2026 7:43 PM UTC as engineers investigated. The incident affected two components, claude.ai and Claude Code, and prompted two official status updates while the root cause was addressed. The outage lasted roughly 9 hours and 17 minutes and was resolved by Jan 10, 2026 4:58 AM UTC.

On 2026-01-08, Anthropic Claude experienced increased latency across multiple components due to an issue with Sonnet 4.5. The problems affected claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), and Claude Code, causing slower responses and degraded user interactions. The incident began with an Investigating update on the Claude status page at Jan 8, 2026 5:23 PM UTC and the affected components were moved to a degraded state by 5:28 PM UTC. The issue persisted for about 4 hours and 35 minutes, with a resolution noted at 9:58 PM UTC.

The Claude status page issued 2 updates during the incident. User reports were minimal, indicating limited impact beyond latency, and there was no full service outage as services returned to normal after the final update.

Anthropic Claude, including claude.ai and Claude Code, faced elevated errors and a misdisplay of subscription usage limits, affecting user access and visibility of subscription details. Users reported website access issues and errors, with degraded responsiveness during the incident, which affected two components of the Claude platform. The issue was characterized as degraded service rather than a full outage.

According to the Claude status page, the incident began around 7:08 PM UTC with an investigation, followed by an update at 7:23 PM UTC noting ongoing issues displaying usage limits for Claude subscriptions. The service was restored by 5:08 AM UTC after three official updates. The event represents a multi-hour degradation affecting Claude.ai and Claude Code experiences.

Anthropic Claude experienced a brief degradation with elevated error rates on Opus 4.5 affecting 3 components: platform.claude.com, claude.ai, and Claude API (api.anthropic.com). The issue began at 9:13 AM UTC and the status page indicated an investigation around Jan 7, 2026 9:09 AM UTC, with two official updates issued as engineers worked to restore normal service. The incident was resolved by 9:33 AM UTC.

The Anthropic Claude API (api.anthropic.com) experienced a brief degraded state due to errors on Haiku 3.5 requests. The issue began at 12:28 AM UTC and was resolved by 12:33 AM UTC, lasting about 5 minutes. The provider's status page showed the Claude API moving from up to a degraded state and back to up after investigation. No user reports were received during the event, indicating a short-lived disruption.

The incident began at Dec 23, 2025 9:58 AM UTC with elevated error rates on Opus 4.5, impacting Claude Code, claude.ai, platform.claude.com, and Claude API. Users interacting with Claude features may have experienced failures or slower responses during the window.

The status page issued two updates during the incident. The issue was investigated and resolved by Dec 23, 2025 10:53 AM UTC, with all components returning to normal. The incident lasted about 55 minutes and affected multiple components across the Claude suite.