Anthropic incident: Elevated errors on Google connectors

Affected components

• Claude API (api.anthropic.com)
• Claude Code
• Claude Cowork
• claude.ai

1. resolvedAug 20, 2026, 19:01 UTC

   This issue has been resolved.

2. investigatingAug 20, 2026, 18:32 UTC

   We are investigating elevated errors affecting Google connectors (Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Chat) and custom Google integrations on Claude.ai. Core functionality is not affected. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

What APIStatus.watch saw

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 47 incidents in the last 90 days, 21 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 4m. See Anthropic's uptime and incident history