Is Claude Down? Anthropic Working on Fix for Latest Major Outage
You're not the only one: another outage is preventing tens of thousands of users from using Anthropic's tools.The outage began around 10 a.m. 29, when Downdetector reports began to spike. ET, which saw error rates drop "substantially." However, the brand acknowledged that it wouldn't be enough to fully fix its services, meaning you may be locked out for longer.The Claude status website reads, "Some sign-in attempts, account actions, and Claude Code and Cowork sessions are still failing.
- ▪You're not the only one: another outage is preventing tens of thousands of users from using Anthropic's tools.The outage began around 10 a.m.
- ▪29, when Downdetector reports began to spike.
- ▪ET, which saw error rates drop "substantially." However, the brand acknowledged that it wouldn't be enough to fully fix its services, meaning you may be locked out for longer.The Claude status website reads, "Some sign-in attempts, account
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Struggling to access Claude AI? You're not the only one: another outage is preventing tens of thousands of users from using Anthropic's tools.The outage began around 10 a.m. ET on Sept. 29, when Downdetector reports began to spike. Anthropic acknowledged the issues 20 minutes later, saying that almost all of its tools were experiencing issues, except Claude for Government. (Credit: Anthropic/PCMag) Claude AI, Code, and Cowork are all experiencing partial outages, while Console and API tools are showing what Anthropic calls "Degraded Performance." You May Also Like window.videoEmbeds = window.videoEmbeds || []; let data = {}; data.excoPlayListId = '683dd703f27d5e38f3432230'; data.excoPlayListVideos =…
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