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Claude API outage history

Claude API published 5 incidents on its official status page since Sep 1, 2026. 1 was a major or long incident with its own page; the biggest are listed first. Below them is every smaller incident, then our own 90 day check history.

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Biggest Claude API outages

Ranked by the official impact level, then by how long they lasted. Each has its own page with the cause, the fix time and every official update.

  1. Oct 7, 2026: Elevated errors on platform.claude.com 6 days 5 hours · rated "Major"

Every smaller Claude API incident

Minor and short incidents from the Claude status page, newest first, each with a line from the official updates. Times are UTC.

October 2026

  • Oct 7, 2026, 01:20 UTC · Elevated errors loading usage data on platform.claude.com

    1 hour 13 min · rated "Major"

    "This incident has been resolved. From 17:00 PT on October 6 / 00:00 UTC on October 7 to 18:40 PT on October 6 / 01:40 UTC on October 7, many requests to load usage data on the platform.claude."

September 2026

Claude API uptime, last 90 days

Tracked since Oct 7, 2026. Updated Oct 22, 2026, 12:35 UTC.

Uptime100%
Avg response173 ms
Problems, 30 days3
Last problemOct 22, 2026
90 days agoUp Degraded Down No dataToday

Every Claude API problem in the last 90 days

  • Degraded

    Elevated errors affecting Connectors

    Oct 22, 2026, 03:52 UTC · lasted 4 hours 16 min · from Claude API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Degraded performance for Claude Fable 5

    Oct 21, 2026, 19:52 UTC · lasted 48 minutes · from Claude API's official status page

  • Degraded

    Elevated errors on platform.claude.com

    Oct 7, 2026, 21:22 UTC · lasted 140 hours 45 min · from Claude API's official status page

Day by day

Day (UTC)UptimeAvg responseWorst
Oct 22, 2026100%93 msDegraded
Oct 21, 2026100%148 msDegraded
Oct 20, 2026100%123 msUp
Oct 19, 2026100%123 msUp
Oct 18, 2026100%124 msUp
Oct 17, 2026100%122 msUp
Oct 16, 2026100%241 msUp
Oct 15, 2026100%258 msUp
Oct 14, 2026100%252 msUp
Oct 13, 2026100%267 msDegraded
Oct 12, 2026100%255 msDegraded
Oct 11, 2026100%205 msDegraded
Oct 10, 2026100%136 msDegraded
Oct 9, 2026100%146 msDegraded
Oct 8, 2026100%146 msDegraded
Oct 7, 2026100%136 msDegraded

Claude API outage questions

Was Claude API down today?

Yes. Claude API had a problem today (Oct 22, 2026, UTC): Elevated errors affecting Connectors (degraded, 4 hours 16 min).

Was Claude API down yesterday?

Yes. Claude API had a problem yesterday (Oct 21, 2026, UTC): Degraded performance for Claude Fable 5 (degraded, 48 minutes).

When was Claude API last down?

The latest problem was on Oct 22, 2026, 03:52 UTC and lasted 4 hours 16 min: Elevated errors affecting Connectors.

What was the biggest Claude API outage?

Of the incidents on record since Sep 1, 2026, the biggest was on Oct 7, 2026: Elevated errors on platform.claude.com. The Claude status page rated it "Major" and it lasted 6 days 5 hours.

How often does Claude API go down?

Claude API's status page posted 5 incidents since Sep 1, 2026, 3 of them in the last 30 days. Most incidents affect part of the service, not all of it. Uptime from our own checks over the last 90 days: 100%.

Times are UTC. Official incidents are the company's own posts, quoted from the Claude status page. Problem periods start when the official status page or our checks first show a problem and end when the service is next found working, so durations are accurate to within a few minutes. Recent outages across all services.