Claude Status · History · Incident #6448

RESOLVED

Service disruption on Claude services

Critical · Started Aug 16, 2026 · 9:58 PM

Duration

35m
Severity

Critical
Detection lead

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User reports

Peak 329/hr

Summary

Service disruption on Claude services

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

Started

Aug 16, 2026 · 9:58 PM
Resolved

Aug 16, 2026 · 10:34 PM
Duration

35m
Severity

Critical

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

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Investigating
Aug 16 · 9:58 PM Claude

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.
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Investigating
Aug 16 · 10:02 PM Claude

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.
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Monitoring
Aug 16 · 10:22 PM Claude

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.
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Resolved
Aug 16 · 10:34 PM Claude

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

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Report volume over time

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Peak: 329 reports/hr

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