Anthropic experienced elevated API errors across multiple Claude models — including Mythos/Fable 5.1, Mythos/Fable 5, Opus 5, Opus 4.8, and Opus 4.6 — affecting both claude.ai and api.anthropic.com for approximately 3 hours. Users encountered 529 Overloaded errors, indicating server-side capacity issues that disrupted API requests. A fix was deployed and the incident was fully resolved by 16:16 UTC on September 3, 2026.
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The issue affecting Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 has been resolved. Impact has ended as of 9:16 PT / 16:16 UTC.
A fix has been deployed for Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 and we are monitoring for recovery.
The only affected models right now are Opus 4.8 and Opus 5. The rest of the models have recovered to baseline error rate.
We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.
An exhaustive list of affected models: Mythos/Fable 5.1, Mythos/Fable 5, Opus 5, Opus 4.8, Opus 4.6.
We have identified the cause of elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 and are working on a fix. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
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