Claude is down. Heres what Anthropic told us.
Source: Mashable Tech
Issue overview
Claude, Anthropic’s AI chatbot, is experiencing technical issues, the company confirmed on Monday.
At 6:49 a.m. ET on Monday, Anthropic posted on its Claude status page that it was investigating “elevated errors” occurring with:
- Claude chatbot (Claude Opus 4.6, the latest‑generation large language model)
- Claude Console (the developer platform)
- Claude Code (the AI‑powered coding assistant)
According to Downdetector, over 2,000 users have reported issues with Claude. (Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by Ziff Davis, the same parent company as Mashable.)
Anthropic statement
Anthropic explained to Mashable in a statement that its team was working on a fix:
Claude is currently unavailable on our consumer‑facing surfaces such as claude.ai and our apps. The Claude API that powers businesses remains unaffected. Our team is working to restore full service and we’ll share updates as we have them.
We appreciate everyone’s patience as we work to bring things back online while experiencing unprecedented demand for Claude over the last week.
The company added on the status page that:
“We have discovered that some API methods are not working and we are investigating,”
and regarding Claude Opus 4.6 specifically:
“The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.”
Context
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The outage follows Claude overtaking OpenAI’s ChatGPT for the number‑one spot in Apple’s App Store, becoming the most‑downloaded free app in the U.S. (ChatGPT is second, Google’s Gemini is fourth).
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It also comes after former President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. government would stop using Anthropic technology, including Claude.
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In response, OpenAI entered into a deal with the U.S. Department of Defense for military use of its AI technology in “classified environments.”
- Source: OpenAI Department of War deal