Is Claude down today?

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How often does Claude go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've detected 113 incidents, of which 34 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 1m.

How are outages detected?

Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes from multiple global locations. Crowdsourced user reports provide an additional early-warning signal, often surfacing issues before the official monitors catch them.

Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.

What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic detected a real service disruption, confirmed by multiple user reports, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

MAJOR OUTAGE DETECTED

Claude is currently
experiencing a major outage.

Pulsetic detects outages before the provider officially reports them. Monitoring since Apr 2026 · 220 incidents caught

Last checked: 3 min ago · 14 user reports (24h) · Trusted by 30,000+ teams

MAJOR · INVESTIGATING

Service disruption on Claude services

Started 3 weeks ago · Aug 16, 2026 · 10:07 PM UTC

We are investigating reports of degraded performance affecting claude.ai and platform.claude.com. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

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User Reports: Last 24 Hours
14 reports

Bars represent 20-min intervals. Occasional spikes may reflect individual issues, not widespread outages.

Outage Map
14 reports (24h)

Reports by region (last 24h)

Asia 5 (36%) Europe 4 (29%) North America 3 (21%) Oceania 1 (7%) South America 1 (7%)

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Top reported issues

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Timeouts / no response 14

Network / connectivity issues 2

Authentication issues 1

Service outage 0

Degraded performance 0

Error messages 0

Feature not working 0

API errors 0

Billing or usage issues 0

Other 0

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Issue breakdown
17 total votes

Distribution of reported issues over the last 24 hours.

Timeouts / no response 82%

Network / connectivity issues 12%

Authentication issues 6%

Service outage 0%

Degraded performance 0%

Error messages 0%

Feature not working 0%

API errors 0%

Billing or usage issues 0%

Other 0%

Last 90 days

90-Day Health Summary

Total Incidents

113

Since Apr 2026
Major / Critical

34

34 high-impact incidents
Minor Incidents

79

Avg. 0.9 per day
Median Resolution

1h 1m

P95: 7h

Claude Response Time, ms

By Continent

Location List

From official status page

Recent Outage History

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Incident	Started	Duration	Impact	Status	Link
Elevated errors for multiple models	Sep 3, 2026 · 1:26 PM	2h 57m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5	Sep 3, 2026 · 12:37 PM	18m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5	Sep 2, 2026 · 9:17 PM	26m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Delays in credit purchases	Sep 1, 2026 · 11:26 PM	1h 57m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Degraded performance on platform.claude.com and Claude for Microsoft Office 365	Sep 1, 2026 · 5:05 PM	1h 1m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Degraded performance on Claude for Microsoft Office 365	Sep 1, 2026 · 4:02 PM	19m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Degraded performance on claude.ai and Claude Code	Aug 31, 2026 · 7:21 PM	1h 14m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Degraded performance on claude.ai	Aug 31, 2026 · 5:23 PM	29m	Minor	Resolved	Details →
Elevated errors on Claude Code and Claude Cowork	Aug 28, 2026 · 5:22 PM	2h 59m	Major	Resolved	Details →
Issues logging into Claude.ai	Aug 24, 2026 · 8:11 PM	14m	Minor	Resolved	Details →

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Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Claude down today?

Check the status badge at the top of this page for the current status. Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes and cross-references with user reports to give you the most accurate picture.
How often does Claude go down?

Based on our 90-day data, we've detected 113 incidents, of which 34 were major or critical. The median resolution time is 1h 1m.
How are outages detected?

Pulsetic polls the official status page every few minutes from multiple global locations. Crowdsourced user reports provide an additional early-warning signal, often surfacing issues before the official monitors catch them.
Is it down for everyone or just me?

The outage map and region breakdown help answer this. If reports are concentrated in one area it may be regional; if hotspots appear globally it's a widespread outage. Submit your own report to help others understand the scope.
What does "never acknowledged" mean?

"Never acknowledged" means Pulsetic detected a real service disruption, confirmed by multiple user reports, but the official status page never posted an incident for it. This is one of the core reasons teams use third-party monitoring alongside official status pages.

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