Claude Pro users report Opus 5 tasks now taking 10-25 minutes vs a few before

freakjunkie · reddit · 2026-09-06

A day-one Claude Pro subscriber reports Opus 5 has slowed dramatically over the past few days: tasks like generating PPT, Excel, and Word files that previously took a few minutes now take 10-25+ minutes, even for small jobs. The user says nothing changed on their end, suspects a backend change, threatens to look at alternatives, and asks whether Anthropic has acknowledged the issue. No official response or broader confirmation yet.

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