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Outage in Claude

Elevated errors across surfaces

Resolved Major
March 18, 2026 - Started about 7 hours ago - Lasted about 1 hour
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Claude experienced elevated authentication errors from 23:59-00:30 UTC, preventing users from logging into claude.ai, the console, API, and Claude Code, with additional issues including image upload failures and unresponsive interfaces. The incident affected all major Claude surfaces for 1.1 hours before being resolved, with the team continuing to monitor for further issues.

We are currently investigating this issue. Our team is actively working to identify the root cause.
Components affected
Claude claude.ai Claude console.anthropic.com Claude api.anthropic.com
Latest Updates ( sorted recent to last )
RESOLVED about 6 hours ago - at 03/19/2026 01:38AM

This incident has been resolved.

MONITORING about 6 hours ago - at 03/19/2026 01:21AM

From 23:59–00:30 UTC, users experienced elevated errors when trying to authenticate across various Claude surfaces including Claude.ai and Claude Code. This issue has been resolved, and we are monitoring closely to ensure no further issues.

INVESTIGATING about 7 hours ago - at 03/19/2026 12:28AM

We are currently investigating this issue. Our team is actively working to identify the root cause.

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