Anthropic Outage: Latest Updates on Claude’s Downtime
Claude, Anthropic’s AI chatbot, is currently experiencing significant downtime, which the company confirmed on Monday. At 11:49 a.m. GMT (6:49 a.m. ET), Anthropic acknowledged “elevated errors” through a post on its status page. They stated that a thorough investigation was underway.
Roughly 30 minutes later, Anthropic provided an update regarding the issues. They clarified that while the Claude API functioned correctly, the problems were primarily related to the login/logout pathways of Claude.ai.
Details of the Outage
- Initial Confirmation: The outage was confirmed on Monday, with issues first noted at 11:49 a.m. GMT.
- User Reports: More than 2,000 users have reported issues with the Claude service, according to Downdetector.
- Affected Services: The problems pertain not only to the Claude chatbot but also to Claude Console and Claude Code, Anthropic’s coding assistant.
- Previous Outage: The last major issue was documented on February 28, 2026, involving Claude Opus 4.6.
Recent Developments
This outage occurs just hours after Claude achieved a significant milestone by becoming the most-downloaded free app in the U.S. on the Apple App Store. This ranking pushed OpenAI’s ChatGPT to second place, while Google’s Gemini ranked fourth.
The surge in downloads for Claude coincided with the announcement from former President Donald Trump. He declared that the U.S. government would cease using Anthropic technologies, including Claude. In response, OpenAI secured a contract with the U.S. Department of War to supply its AI technology for military applications in classified settings.
