Claude and Anthropic AI experiencing major outage affecting hundreds of users
johnmccrea · x · 2026-08-19
According to monitoring site Status Is Down and user reports, Anthropic's Claude AI service is currently experiencing a major outage.
- Scope: Hundreds of users have reported accessibility issues, affecting both the web interface and the desktop app.
- Impact: Reported issues include authentication failures and complete inability to connect to the service.
- Regions: Affected users are located across multiple regions including Spain, India, Pakistan, Ghana, and Canada.
Related event: Anthropic Reports Degraded Performance Across All Claude Models(6 posts)→
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