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Claude outage: Elevated error rate on multiple models

Claude reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on May 22, 2026, 04:16 UTC. It was resolved after 4h 34m.

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May 22, 2026, 04:16 UTC
started
May 22, 2026, 08:50 UTC
resolved
4h 34m
duration
Major
impact
  1. resolvedMay 22, 2026, 08:50 UTC

    This issue has been resolved.

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 84 incidents in the last 90 days, 32 of them major or critical. A typical incident lasted 1h 6m. See Claude's uptime and incident history

Claude outage on May 22, 2026: Elevated error rate on multiple models · APIStatus.watch