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Claude.ai unavailable and elevated errors on the API

Partial outage Lasted 1h 34m · started · Anthropic's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Partial outage
Components
claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Claude for Government
Down Index
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What to do

  • Check whether you use Anthropic claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 2 more. Check your stack

    Paste a package.json, lockfile, Terraform or a list of domains at down.guide/stack to see every provider you depend on.
  • Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 1h 34m it lasted.

    Anything that failed between 2026-04-28 17:41 UTC and 2026-04-28 19:15 UTC may need a replay.
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    https://down.guide/feed?provider=anthropic works in Slack (/feed subscribe), Discord feed bots and any RSS reader.

Updates from Anthropic 5

  1. investigating

    We are investigating an issue preventing users from reaching Claude.ai, and will provide an update as soon as possible.

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  2. identified

    We have identified an issue resulting in elevated errors on the Anthropic API, as well as issues accessing Claude.ai, including log-in paths for Claude Code. We are working to resolve these issues, and will provide an update as soon as possible.

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  3. identified

    We are continuing to work to resolve the issues preventing users from accessing Claude.ai, and causing elevated authentication errors for requests to the API and Claude Code.

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  4. monitoring

    We are seeing success rates across all services return to normal, and are monitoring closely to prevent any further issues. Impact occurred from 17:34–18:52 UTC.

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  5. resolved

    This incident has been resolved.

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Corrections

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Questions about DWN-1ae1c3eb99

Is Anthropic still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-04-28 19:15 UTC. For Anthropic's live state, see https://down.guide/anthropic.

How long did it last?

1h 34m, from 2026-04-28 17:41 UTC to 2026-04-28 19:15 UTC, by the times Anthropic posted.

What was affected?

Anthropic named claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 2 more.

What caused it?

Anthropic hasn't published a root cause. If it does, it shows here.

Where does this come from?

Anthropic's official status page, https://status.claude.com, quoted verbatim. down.guide's own probes, reports and social counts are labeled as ours.