Incident report · read from Anthropic's status page

Anthropic incident: Degraded performance on claude.ai

Resolved after 29 m (31 Aug 2026, 17:23–17:52 UTC), impact minor, affecting claude.ai.

Timeline

1. 31 Aug 2026 at 17:23 UTC investigating

   We are investigating reports of elevated errors affecting chats on claude.ai. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

2. 31 Aug 2026 at 17:32 UTC monitoring

   We have seen success rates return to normal for requests on Claude.ai and are monitoring closely.

3. 31 Aug 2026 at 17:52 UTC resolved

   This issue has been resolved.

Affected components

• claude.ai: degraded for 9 m

Source

Anthropic's own report of this incident, on Anthropic's status page. This page is a record of Anthropic's own report; where the two disagree, theirs is right.

Last checked 8 Sep 2026 at 15:01 UTC.

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