Vendor reports: major outageResolved · vendor status “resolved”Official status API

Service disruption on Claude services

Reported by Anthropic (Claude) · AI & ML · source last read 3 min ago

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Vendor start
Aug 16, 2026, 21:58 UTC
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Resolved
Aug 16, 2026, 22:34 UTC
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First seen by Statuswall
Before tracking began
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Duration
36 min
From vendor start and resolution

Summary

Built from the facts below, no AI

Potential impact, not a confirmed outage of your systems.

What the vendor confirmed

  • Anthropic (Claude) reports major outage: "Service disruption on Claude services".[E1, E2]
  • The vendor marked it resolved at 2026-08-16 22:34 UTC.[E3, E7]

Affected products and regions

  • Components: claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork.[E6]

What is unknown

  • Which regions are affected: the vendor did not say.[E5]
  • Whether your own systems are affected: a vendor report cannot tell you; check your monitoring.

Last update in these facts: 2026-08-16 22:34 UTC · summary s1, evidence e761d39a3787d120

Evidence (7)
  1. E1Anthropic (Claude) reports major outage. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  2. E2Vendor title: "Service disruption on Claude services". (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  3. E3Vendor status word: "resolved". (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  4. E4Vendor-reported start: 2026-08-16 21:58 UTC. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  5. E5The vendor did not state which regions are affected. (Statuswall)
  6. E6Components the vendor attached: claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)
  7. E7Vendor-reported resolution: 2026-08-16 22:34 UTC. (vendor) source (opens in a new tab)

Affected scope

Not stated by the vendor

Components: claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork

No region Statuswall recognises is stated for this incident (place names and provider-specific codes are not converted). It is not assumed to be global.

Potential relevance

Anthropic (Claude) is not in your stack. Follow it to see whether reports like this fall inside the regions you use.

Timeline

Vendor times come from the vendor. “Seen by Statuswall” times are when Statuswall noticed a change, which can lag the vendor by a few minutes. Statuswall does not store the vendor's update text; read it on the official page.

  1. Aug 16, 2026, 21:58 UTCVendor-reported startVendor time
  2. Aug 16, 2026, 22:34 UTCVendor-reported resolutionVendor time

No changes observed yet. Statuswall began recording changes on incidents in November 2026.