# Anthropic: Service disruption on Claude services

- Provider: [Anthropic](https://outages.cc/anthropic.md)
- Type: Incident
- State: Resolved
- Worst impact: Major outage
- Started: 2026-08-16 21:58 UTC
- Resolved: 2026-08-16 22:34 UTC (lasted 36 min)
- Components: claude.ai, Claude Console (platform.claude.com), Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork
- Official update: https://stspg.io/cc6kmwrqhzmh

## Updates from Anthropic

### resolved, 2026-08-16 22:34 UTC

The issue affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork has been resolved.

### monitoring, 2026-08-16 22:22 UTC

A fix has been deployed for the issue affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork and we are monitoring for recovery.

### investigating, 2026-08-16 22:02 UTC

We are investigating reports of degraded performance affecting claude.ai, platform.claude.com, the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

### investigating, 2026-08-16 21:58 UTC

We are investigating an issue with users authenticating to claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. We will provide an update as soon as possible.