Anthropic incident
Service disruption on Claude services
Started
August 16, 2026 at 09:58 PM UTC
Duration
35 min
Resolved
August 16, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC
Updates timeline
- Investigating
We are investigating an issue with users authenticating to claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Investigating
We are investigating reports of degraded performance affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Monitoring
A fix has been deployed for the issue affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork and we are monitoring for recovery.
- Resolved
The issue affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork has been resolved.
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