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Claude API outage on Aug 16, 2026: service disruption on Claude services

Resolved after 36 min.

21:58 UTC to 22:34 UTC your time. Anthropic: “Service disruption on Claude services.” 0 reports here during the incident.

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Anthropic's updates

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  1. 21:58 UTC

    Investigating

    We are investigating an issue with users authenticating to claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

  2. 22:02 UTC

    Investigating

    We are investigating reports of degraded performance affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

  3. 22:22 UTC

    Monitoring

    A fix has been deployed for the issue affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork and we are monitoring for recovery.

  4. 22:34 UTC

    Resolved

    The issue affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork has been resolved.

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