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Anthropic: Major incident: Elevated errors on requests to multiple models

Summary

Anthropic reported a major incident involving elevated errors on requests to some Claude models, affecting claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. It started at 2026-08-20 19:16 UTC and was resolved at 2026-08-20 19:42 UTC, lasting 26 min; no cause or specific fix was stated.

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Major incidentLabel: outage (model (Jev), 99%)Changed Detected Source: stspg.io

What changed

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After: Elevated errors on requests to multiple models
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After: claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork
AddedUpdateinvestigating#7
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After: We are investigating elevated errors on requests to some Claude models. We will provide additional updates as soon as possible.
AddedUpdateresolved#8
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After: This issue has been resolved.

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History of this incident

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Major incident: Elevated errors on requests to multiple models (this change)
Anthropic reported a major incident involving elevated errors on requests to some Claude models, affecting claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. It started at 2026-08-20 19:16 UTC and was resolved at 2026-08-20 19:42 UTC, lasting 26 min; no cause or specific fix was stated.
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