Anthropic confirms major Claude outage: API and Claude Code affected

Anthropic said on August 24, 2026 via its status page, that Claude was in the middle of a major outage. The disruption hit the Claude API, Claude Code, Claude Cowork, Claude Workspaces, and several models, including Claude Mythos 5, Claude Fable 5, and Claude Opus 5.

On that same status page, the company said it was looking into elevated error rates across multiple Claude services and working on a fix. Anthropic still hasn't given a timeline for full recovery. Reports from users in the US, India, and the UK describe failed requests and "529 Overloaded" errors, which usually point to a server-side capacity or availability issue, not a problem with your device or local network.

If you rely on Claude for development, support, internal assistants, content pipelines, or software operations, keep an eye on this one. User reports suggest Claude Code may be among the hardest-hit parts of the outage, and problems there can slow releases, debugging, automation, and day-to-day team workflows.

This is also the second Claude disruption in August 2026, which is starting to raise broader questions about reliability. Anthropic still hasn't publicly explained the cause, shared a post-mortem, or spelled out the full extent of the outage outside those reported regions. If these errors are showing up on your end, your best bet for now is Anthropic's public status page while you wait for service to settle back down.