Is Claude API down? › Outage history › Oct 7, 2026

Claude API partial outage on Oct 7, 2026: what happened

On Oct 7, 2026, the Claude status page reported "Elevated errors on platform.claude.com". About 6 days 5 hours: from Oct 7, 2026, 13:25 UTC to Oct 13, 2026, 18:00 UTC, by the official start and resolution times.

Started

Oct 7, 2026, 13:25 UTC

Resolved

Oct 13, 2026, 18:00 UTC

Duration

6 days 5 hours

Official impact

Major

Affected

Claude Console (platform.claude.com)

Source

Elevated errors on platform.claude.com on the Claude status page

The Claude status page rated the impact "Major": a partial outage. Some parts or some users were affected; it was not a complete outage.

What caused the Claude API partial outage?

The Claude status page has not published a cause. When it identified the problem at 17:28 UTC on Oct 7, 2026, it said: "We've identified the cause of errors loading usage data. The Admin API usage report has recovered, and fixes for the platform.claude.com Usage and Rate limits pages are in progress. The most recent 30 minutes of usage may be delayed. Core functionality is not affected."

When was it fixed?

The Claude status page marked it resolved at Oct 13, 2026, 18:00 UTC, 6 days 5 hours after it started. A fix was in place and being monitored from Oct 7, 2026, 21:44 UTC. Its resolution note: "This issue has been resolved."

Timeline of official updates

Every update the Claude status page posted, oldest first. Times are UTC.

1. Oct 7, 2026, 13:25 UTC investigating

   We are investigating elevated errors affecting usage data on the platform.claude.com Usage page and the Admin API usage report. Core functionality is not affected. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

2. Oct 7, 2026, 16:36 UTC investigating

   We are continuing to work on elevated errors affecting usage data on the platform.claude.com Usage and Rate limits pages and the Admin API usage report. A mitigation for the Usage page and the Admin API usage report is rolling out; once it is in place, the most recent usage may take about 30 minutes to appear there. Core functionality is not affected.

3. Oct 7, 2026, 17:28 UTC identified

   We've identified the cause of errors loading usage data. The Admin API usage report has recovered, and fixes for the platform.claude.com Usage and Rate limits pages are in progress. The most recent 30 minutes of usage may be delayed. Core functionality is not affected.

4. Oct 7, 2026, 21:44 UTC monitoring

   We've mitigated the errors loading usage data on platform.claude.com and in the Admin API usage report. While we work on a full fix, the most recent ~30 minutes of usage may take longer to appear on the platform.claude.com. API requests are not affected, and we will provide additional updates here.

5. Oct 13, 2026, 18:00 UTC resolved

   This issue has been resolved.

What our checks saw

• Our once-a-minute checks recorded Claude API as degraded from Oct 7, 2026, 21:22 UTC to 18:06 UTC on Oct 13, 2026 (5 days 21 hours, read from the official status page).

The same incident was listed for Claude, which share Claude API's status page.

Claude API partial outage questions

Other recent Claude API incidents

• Elevated errors loading usage data on platform.claude.com Oct 7, 2026, 01:20 UTC, 1 hour 13 min
• Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and the Claude API Sep 29, 2026, 14:21 UTC, 2 hours 6 min
• Elevated latency on the Claude API for some users Sep 10, 2026, 21:43 UTC, 1 hour 41 min
• Degraded performance on platform.claude.com and Claude for Microsoft Office 365 Sep 1, 2026, 17:05 UTC, 1 hour 2 min

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Quotes are the Claude status page's own words, from the official incident. Is It Up or Down is independent and not affiliated with Claude API. Times are UTC.