Anthropic Resolves Claude AI Outage After Over Two Hours
Key Points
- Outage began just before 7 a.m. ET on Monday.
- Claude.AI, Claude Code, and Claude Opus 4.6 were affected.
- Downdetector reported nearly 2,000 outage reports at 6:45 a.m. ET.
- Reports fell to 275 by 9:30 a.m. ET.
- Anthropic confirmed full service restoration at 11 a.m. ET.
- Company thanked users and cited high demand for Claude.
- Downdetector and CNET are owned by Ziff Davis.
Anthropic experienced an outage affecting its Claude.AI, Claude Code, and Claude Opus 4.6 services that began just before 7 a.m. ET on Monday. The disruption lasted more than two hours, with Downdetector reporting a spike of nearly 2,000 reports around 6:45 a.m. ET, later dropping to 275 by 9:30 a.m. ET. Anthropic announced at 11 a.m. ET that all services were back online and thanked users for their patience amid high demand.
Outage Timeline
The outage started just before 7 a.m. ET on Monday, impacting Claude.AI, Claude Code, and the Claude Opus 4.6 model. Anthropic’s status page continued to show errors for more than two hours.
External Monitoring
Downdetector recorded a sharp increase in reports at approximately 6:45 a.m. ET, with nearly 2,000 users indicating problems. By 9:30 a.m. ET, the number of reports had decreased to 275.
Resolution and Statement
At 11 a.m. ET, Anthropic released a statement confirming that all services were operational again. The company expressed gratitude to its users and noted that the team was working to meet the substantial demand for Claude that had been observed in recent days.
Ownership Disclosure
The report also disclosed that both Downdetector and CNET share the same parent company, Ziff Davis.