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Anthropic

Degraded performance for Claude Fable 5

Degraded Lasted 40m · started · Anthropic's page

Level
confirmed
Worst impact
Degraded
Components
claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork
Down Index
44of 100

What to do

  • Check whether you use Anthropic claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork. Check your stack

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  • Confirm your retries, queues and scheduled jobs caught up after the 40m it lasted.

    Anything that failed between 2026-10-21 19:49 UTC and 2026-10-21 20:29 UTC may need a replay.
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Updates from Anthropic 2

  1. investigating

    We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Fable 5. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

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  2. resolved

    The issue affecting other Claude models has been resolved.

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Corrections

None so far.

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Questions about DWN-98cbcb9965

Is Anthropic still down?

No, this incident was resolved 2026-10-21 20:29 UTC. For Anthropic's live state, see https://down.guide/anthropic.

How long did it last?

40m, from 2026-10-21 19:49 UTC to 2026-10-21 20:29 UTC, by the times Anthropic posted.

What was affected?

Anthropic named claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork.

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.