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Outage in Claude

Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and the Claude API

Resolved Major
September 29, 2026 - Started about 17 hours ago - Lasted about 2 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

On September 29, 2026, Claude experienced a major outage from 14:00–14:59 UTC affecting claude.ai (web, desktop, and mobile), Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the API, with users unable to authenticate, start new chats, upload files, or complete requests. A second issue emerged mid-incident blocking sign-ins via SSO and Sign in with Apple, compounding the initial error spike. Services were fully restored by 14:59 UTC, though some messages sent during the outage window may not have been saved.

We are investigating elevated error rates affecting Claude.ai (including the desktop and mobile apps), Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Users may see failed requests, errors loading or sending conversations, or be asked to sign in again; retrying may succeed. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
Components affected
Claude claude.ai Claude console.anthropic.com Claude api.anthropic.com
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED about 15 hours ago - at 09/29/2026 04:27PM

The issue affecting Claude.ai, the Claude desktop and mobile apps, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the Claude API has been resolved, and services have been operating normally since recovery. Impact occurred from 07:00 PT / 14:00 UTC to 07:59 PT / 14:59 UTC.

MONITORING about 16 hours ago - at 09/29/2026 03:30PM

All services have been operating normally since 14:59 UTC. We are continuing to monitor.

MONITORING about 16 hours ago - at 09/29/2026 03:11PM

Most services have recovered as of 14:59 UTC. Signing in, starting new chats, voice conversations, Claude Code and Cowork sessions, purchases and file uploads are working again. Some messages sent between 14:00 and 14:59 UTC may not have been saved. We are monitoring closely and will post another update within 30 minutes.

INVESTIGATING about 16 hours ago - at 09/29/2026 03:00PM

The errors that began at 14:00 UTC were mitigated at 14:36 UTC, and existing conversations are mostly working again. A second issue is preventing many users from signing in (single sign-on and Sign in with Apple are unavailable), starting new chats, voice conversations and Claude Code or Cowork sessions, making purchases, and uploading files. If you're signed in, please don't sign out. We're working on a fix and will post another update within 30 minutes.

INVESTIGATING about 17 hours ago - at 09/29/2026 02:41PM

We have applied a mitigation and error rates have dropped substantially. Some sign-in attempts, account actions and Claude Code and Cowork sessions are still failing. We are continuing to work on a full fix.

INVESTIGATING about 17 hours ago - at 09/29/2026 02:30PM

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.

INVESTIGATING about 17 hours ago - at 09/29/2026 02:28PM

We are investigating elevated error rates affecting Claude.ai (including the desktop and mobile apps), Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Some requests to the Claude API are also returning errors. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

INVESTIGATING about 17 hours ago - at 09/29/2026 02:21PM

We are investigating elevated error rates affecting Claude.ai (including the desktop and mobile apps), Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Users may see failed requests, errors loading or sending conversations, or be asked to sign in again; retrying may succeed. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

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