Claude Status · History · Incident #6474

RESOLVED

Degraded performance for Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5

Minor · Started Aug 17, 2026 · 1:56 PM

Duration

1h 32m
Severity

Minor
Detection lead

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User reports

Peak 6/hr

Summary

Degraded performance for Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5

This incident has been resolved.

Started

Aug 17, 2026 · 1:56 PM
Resolved

Aug 17, 2026 · 3:29 PM
Duration

1h 32m
Severity

Minor

Event timeline

How this incident unfolded

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Investigating
Aug 17 · 1:56 PM Claude

We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Opus 5. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
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Investigating
Aug 17 · 2:25 PM Claude

Claude Opus 5 is operational. Claude Sonnet 5 is degraded. We are investigating.
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Monitoring
Aug 17 · 2:39 PM Claude

A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
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Resolved
Aug 17 · 3:29 PM Claude

This incident has been resolved.

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Report volume over time

Hourly report count. Red bars mark the incident window.

Peak: 6 reports/hr

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