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Claude outage: Elevated error rates on requests to some models

Claude reported this major-impact incident on its official status page on May 15, 2026, 00:18 UTC. It was resolved after 1h 28m.

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May 15, 2026, 00:18 UTC
started
May 15, 2026, 01:46 UTC
resolved
1h 28m
duration
Major
impact
  1. resolvedMay 15, 2026, 01:46 UTC

    This incident 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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Claude outage on May 15, 2026: Elevated error rates on requests to some models · APIStatus.watch