Claude outage: Elevated errors for multiple models

Affected components

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

1. resolvedSep 3, 2026, 16:23 UTC

   The issue affecting Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 has been resolved. Impact has ended as of 9:16 PT / 16:16 UTC.

2. monitoringSep 3, 2026, 16:06 UTC

   A fix has been deployed for Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 and we are monitoring for recovery.

3. identifiedSep 3, 2026, 15:25 UTC

   The only affected models right now are Opus 4.8 and Opus 5. The rest of the models have recovered to baseline error rate.

4. identifiedSep 3, 2026, 14:49 UTC

   We are continuing to work on a fix for this issue.

5. identifiedSep 3, 2026, 13:50 UTC

   An exhaustive list of affected models: Mythos/Fable 5.1, Mythos/Fable 5, Opus 5, Opus 4.8, Opus 4.6.

6. identifiedSep 3, 2026, 13:41 UTC

   We have identified the cause of elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5 and are working on a fix. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

7. investigatingSep 3, 2026, 13:26 UTC

   We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, and Claude Opus 5. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

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