April 2026: Sonnet 4.6 elevated rate of errors
Claude's Sonnet 4.6 model experienced elevated error rates for 3.2 hours, causing widespread service disruptions across claude.ai, the API, and console. Users reported unresponsive prompts, repeated "taking longer than usual" messages, 529 overloaded errors, and complete inability to access chats or use Claude's code features. The issue was identified and resolved with a fix implementation, restoring normal service functionality.