Reddit user claims Opus 5.5 got noticeably dumber after today's Claude outage
juaps · reddit · 2026-09-30
A Reddit user who relies on Opus 5.5 for legal work reports that after today's Claude outage and recovery, the model felt 'like a quantized version or a completely different model':
- In legal document tasks it now invents details not in the source documents, makes typos, and needs many more back-and-forths
- For Minecraft mod scripting it started introducing bugs and resorting to sycophantic 'you're right' responses instead of fixes
- For NAS troubleshooting it forgot established context (Tailscale architecture, firewall rules) and gave advice as if for a standard local network
The user stresses the contrast is stark because they're continuing work the model handled well before the outage. This is a single user's impression with no independent corroboration or official statement — possible causes include service switch/degradation, load changes, or perception bias.
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