Is Claude down? › Outage history › Jul 30, 2026

Claude partial outage on Jul 30, 2026: what happened

On Jul 30, 2026, the Claude status page reported "Elevated errors across many models". About 4 hours 51 min: from Jul 30, 2026, 05:57 UTC to Jul 30, 2026, 10:48 UTC, by the official start and resolution times.

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Started
Jul 30, 2026, 05:57 UTC
Resolved
Jul 30, 2026, 10:48 UTC
Duration
4 hours 51 min
Official impact
Major
Affected
claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork
Source
Elevated errors across many models 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 partial outage?

The Claude status page has not published a cause. When it identified the problem at 06:26 UTC on Jul 30, 2026, it said: "All models except Opus 5 have recovered. We're working to recover Opus 5 as well."

When was it fixed?

The Claude status page marked it resolved at Jul 30, 2026, 10:48 UTC, 4 hours 51 min after it started. A fix was in place and being monitored from Jul 30, 2026, 10:03 UTC.

Timeline of official updates

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

  1. Jul 30, 2026, 05:57 UTC investigating

    We are currently investigating this issue.

  2. Jul 30, 2026, 06:26 UTC identified

    All models except Opus 5 have recovered. We're working to recover Opus 5 as well.

  3. Jul 30, 2026, 07:33 UTC identified

    As of 7:32 UTC / 0:32 PT, Opus 5 errors are back to baseline but we're seeing again Sonnet 5's errors up.

  4. Jul 30, 2026, 08:06 UTC identified

    As of 8:05 UTC / 1:05 PT, Sonnet 5 errors are back to baseline, but we're seeing an increased error rate on Fable 5.

  5. Jul 30, 2026, 08:33 UTC identified

    As of 01:33 PT / 08:33 UTC we are back to errors across all models.

  6. Jul 30, 2026, 10:03 UTC monitoring

    As of 2:58 PT / 9:58 UTC the errors are back to baseline.

  7. Jul 30, 2026, 10:23 UTC monitoring

    We are also investigating issues with Opus 4.7 and Opus 4.5.

  8. Jul 30, 2026, 10:48 UTC resolved

    This incident has been resolved.

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

Claude partial outage questions

What caused the Claude partial outage on Jul 30, 2026?

The Claude status page has not published a cause. When it identified the problem (Jul 30, 2026, 06:26 UTC) it said: "All models except Opus 5 have recovered. We're working to recover Opus 5 as well."

When was the Claude partial outage on Jul 30, 2026 fixed?

The Claude status page marked it resolved at Jul 30, 2026, 10:48 UTC, 4 hours 51 min after it started. A fix was in place and being monitored from Jul 30, 2026, 10:03 UTC.

How long did the Claude partial outage last?

About 4 hours 51 min: from Jul 30, 2026, 05:57 UTC to Jul 30, 2026, 10:48 UTC, by the official start and resolution times.

Was Claude completely down?

No. The Claude status page rated the impact "Major": a partial outage. Some parts or some users were affected; it was not a complete outage. The affected parts listed were: claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork.

Which parts of Claude were affected?

The Claude status page listed: claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork.

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