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Degraded performance for Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5

DegradedResolved · started Aug 17, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC (50d ago)

Was Claude down? Anthropic reported “Degraded performance for Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5” on Aug 17, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC. Full timeline below. This incident affects Claude — see live Claude status. Source: official vendor status feed.

Timeline

  1. Aug 17, 2026, 3:29 PM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  2. Aug 17, 2026, 2:39 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  3. Aug 17, 2026, 2:25 PM UTC

    Claude Opus 5 is operational. Claude Sonnet 5 is degraded. We are investigating.

  4. Aug 17, 2026, 1:56 PM UTC

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

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