Claude Down as Anthropic Investigates Errors Across Services
Anthropic is experiencing high error rates with Claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and the Claude API, leading to unavailable services for some users.
Key Points:
- Outage: Claude and related services are currently unavailable due to investigation of high error rates.
- Affected Services: Claude.ai (desktop & mobile apps), Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude API.
- User Experience: Users may encounter failed requests, loading/sending conversation errors, or prompts to sign in again. Retrying a request might succeed.
- Timeline: The issue began at 14:21 UTC on September 29, 2026, with updates following quickly thereafter.
- Preceding Incident: A similar outage occurred less than a week earlier, affecting multiple Claude models.
Quote:
"The effect of this week’s incident extends to a larger part of Anthropic’s product range." - Ana-Maria Stanciuc, Editor-in-Chief at TNW
By:
Ana-Maria Stanciuc Editor-in-Chief, TNW
Stanciuc covers technology as a system of influence, persuasion, and change, focusing on startups, venture capital, digital policy, and Europe's ecosystem. With over 10 years of experience in journalism, content strategy, and digital publishing across various industries, she brings a multifaceted perspective to her work.