Anthropic outage: Elevated error rates on requests to multiple models

1. resolvedMay 16, 2026, 18:24 UTC

   This incident has been resolved.

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Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Anthropic's overall status around this incident. Smaller or regional incidents often leave a provider's overall status green.

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How often does Anthropic have incidents?

Anthropic reported 85 incidents in the last 90 days, 32 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 7m. See Anthropic's uptime and incident history