Service disruption on Claude services

What to do

• Check whether you use Anthropic claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code and 1 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 36m it lasted.

  Anything that failed between 2026-08-16 21:58 UTC and 2026-08-16 22:34 UTC may need a replay.

• Subscribe to Anthropic's feed to hear about the next one first. RSS feed

  https://down.guide/feed?provider=anthropic works in Slack (/feed subscribe), Discord feed bots and any RSS reader.

Updates from Anthropic 4

1. investigatingAug 16, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC

   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.

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2. investigatingAug 16, 2026, 10:02 PM UTC

   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.

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3. monitoringAug 16, 2026, 10:22 PM UTC

   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.

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4. resolvedAug 16, 2026, 10:34 PM UTC

   The issue affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork has been resolved.

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Corrections

None so far.

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