# Delayed response completion on Claude.ai

- Provider: [Anthropic](https://down.guide/anthropic)
- Level: confirmed
- Impact: Degraded
- lasted 1h 59m
- started 2026-03-22 11:14 UTC
- claude.ai
- id: DWN-15f72d94d8
- Official page: https://stspg.io/pn4p4w0rb1qt

## Updates from Anthropic
### 2026-03-22 11:14 UTC: investigating
Since approximately 20:00 UTC / 13:00 PT on Friday, March 20, Claude.ai responses may appear to "hang" for around 5 seconds after the text has finished streaming before the message completes. The Anthropic API is not affected.

### 2026-03-22 12:34 UTC: identified
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.

### 2026-03-22 13:13 UTC: resolved
As of 13:02 UTC / 06:02 PT this incident has been mitigated.

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