Claude outage: Elevated errors across all models

Affected components

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

1. resolvedJul 29, 2026, 22:36 UTC

   This issue has been resolved.

2. monitoringJul 29, 2026, 22:20 UTC

   From 12:45 PT / 19:45 UTC through to 1:26 PT / 21:26 UTC, we saw elevated rates of errors across Claude models. We have seen recovery in success rates across all models and are monitoring closely to ensure no further issues.

3. identifiedJul 29, 2026, 21:38 UTC

   We are continuing to work to fully resolve issues resulting in elevated requests and latency to Claude models. At this time, we are seeing recovery across most models. We will provide an additional update as soon as possible.

4. identifiedJul 29, 2026, 20:33 UTC

   We have identified an issue resulting in elevated errors across multiple models, and are working to resolve this. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

5. investigatingJul 29, 2026, 19:49 UTC

   We are currently investigating this issue.

What APIStatus.watch saw

Our 5-minute checks didn't record a change in Claude'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 Claude have incidents?

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