Service disruption on Claude services
Was Claude down? Anthropic reported “Service disruption on Claude services” on Aug 16, 2026, 9:58 PM UTC. Full timeline below. This incident affects Claude — see live Claude status. Source: official vendor status feed.
Timeline
Aug 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.
Aug 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.
Aug 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.
Aug 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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