There were 95 Claude outages since January 2026 which are summarized below, including incident details, duration, and resolution information.
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Minor
: Claude services briefly degraded due to Opus 4.6 errors
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
Outage ended:
(15 minutes)
Claude experienced a brief degraded performance across its services due to elevated errors on Opus 4.6. The affected components were Claude API (api.anthropic.com), claude.ai, platform.claude.com, and Claude Code. The incident began at and was resolved by , lasting about 15 minutes. Claude's status page indicated elevated errors and an ongoing investigation, followed by restoration of service as the components returned to normal. The provider posted 2 status updates during the incident.
Minor
: Claude Opus 4.6 Fast Mode elevated errors impact users
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
Outage ended:
(7 hours and 30 minutes)
Claude's Opus 4.6 Fast Mode experienced elevated errors starting around , with users reporting authentication failures (e.g., Can’t OAuth) and messaging failures across regions. This caused degraded messaging capabilities for affected users.
The incident was acknowledged by Claude at with a note that an investigation was underway. Claude issued 2 official status updates during the outage and confirmed recovery by , after roughly 8 hours and 28 minutes. Reports originated from diverse regions, indicating broad impact rather than a single-region issue.
Major
: Claude outage disrupts LLM and API access globally
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
No
Outage ended:
(2 hours and 10 minutes)
Claude's LLM and API endpoints experienced a global outage starting at , with users reporting internal server errors and non-responsiveness across multiple regions. The impact included API errors (often 500), prompts failing to return results, and noticeable processing delays. User reports surged during the evening, peaking around to UTC as the issue affected a broad set of users.
There were no official status updates from Claude during the incident. StatusGator detected the outage at based on user reports, with the early warning signal continuing until . The outage lasted roughly 2 hours and 10 minutes and appeared to be global, impacting users across North America, Europe, and other regions.
Minor
: Claude services degraded; API, UI, and Code impacted
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
Outage ended:
(5 hours)
The Claude suite experienced degraded performance beginning around due to Opus 4.6 Fast Mode generating a small amount of errors. This affected Claude API (api.anthropic.com), claude.ai, platform.claude.com, and Claude Code, causing errors and slower responses for users. The Claude status page documented the incident escalating to degraded at and returning to normal by . The incident lasted from to and included 2 official status updates. User reports spanned multiple locations, indicating a broad impact across Claude services.
Minor
: Claude brief degraded service across API and platform (30 min)
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
Outage ended:
(30 minutes)
Claude experienced a brief degraded service affecting its API and platform components, including Claude API (api.anthropic.com), claude.ai, platform.claude.com, and Claude Code. The issue began at with elevated errors on Claude models and an ongoing investigation. The outage lasted about 30 minutes and was resolved by as all components returned to normal. The Claude status page issued two updates during the incident. There was no clear regional pattern observed.
Major
: Claude chat outage disrupts responses worldwide
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
No
Outage ended:
(26 minutes)
Claude's web chat interface and related services faced a worldwide outage, with users across multiple regions reporting that prompts did not load, responses timed out, or the chat UI became unresponsive. The incident began at and was resolved by . The outage affected multiple components including the web chat, the chat API, and workspace connectivity, leading to diminished ability to generate and deliver responses.
Claude did not publish public status updates during the event. StatusGator logged an Early Warning Signal beginning at , based on user reports, ahead of any official acknowledgement. The reports continued through the end of the window, indicating a broad impact rather than a localized incident.
Impact appeared global, with reports from North America, Europe, and other regions describing non-responsiveness, timeouts, and stalls in the chatbot. The outage affected several components including web chat, API responses, and workspace connectivity, reducing users' ability to interact with Claude during the window.
Minor
: Claude.ai degraded by conversation compaction issue
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Officially acknowledged:
Outage ended:
(4 hours and 35 minutes)
Claude.ai experienced a degraded condition beginning at due to a conversation compaction degradation. Users reported symptoms including difficulty reaching the API, timeouts, retries, and errors such as 'exceed max compactions per block,' impacting chat workflows for several users during the incident. The issue affected the claude.ai component and was observed through user reports across different regions.
The Claude.ai status page indicated the issue was identified and a fix was being implemented at the start. The service returned to normal by after about 4 hours and 35 minutes. The provider issued 2 status updates during the incident, reflecting the progression from degradation to full recovery.
Minor
: Claude services brief elevated errors affecting API and tools
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
Outage ended:
(27 minutes)
Claude experienced elevated errors across Claude API (api.anthropic.com), claude.ai, platform.claude.com, and Claude Code, causing intermittent API failures and internal server errors for users. The incident began at when Claude's status page changed from up to warn with the message 'Elevated errors on Claude models' and an investigation was started. Users across several regions reported 500 errors and internal server errors when invoking models or tooling. The issue affected multiple components and persisted for about 26 minutes before service returned to normal.
The Claude status page issued two updates during the incident, including the initial investigation and the subsequent resolution notice. The problem was resolved by and all components returned to an operational state. The impact appeared global rather than regionally isolated, with reports coming from various locations around the world.
Minor
: Claude services degraded with errors across Opus 4.5 and Sonnet 4.5
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
Outage ended:
(55 minutes)
The Claude Opus 4.5 and Sonnet 4.5 platforms experienced elevated errors starting at , affecting four Claude components: Claude API (api.anthropic.com), claude.ai, platform.claude.com, and Claude Code. Users reported prompts failing to respond, slow performance, and timeouts across these products.
The incident lasted about 55 minutes, with services returning to normal by . The Claude status page documented degraded behavior and issued two official updates during the incident to communicate scope and resolution.
Reports came from many regions, indicating broad geographic impact. Activity peaked between and as users across different time zones described prompts not responding, slowdowns, and intermittent timeouts.
Minor
: Claude Opus 4.5 outage hits API, UI, and Code tools
Detected by StatusGator:
Officially acknowledged:
Outage ended:
(2 hours)
Claude Opus 4.5 experienced a multi-component outage beginning at , affecting Claude API (api.anthropic.com), claude.ai, platform.claude.com, and Claude Code. Users reported being unable to complete tasks, non-functional features, and delayed responses across these services. The outage lasted about two hours and was observed across multiple regions. The incident was resolved by . User reports started around .