Anthropic: Service disruption on Claude services

Impact: majorStatus: resolvedStarted 2026-08-14 20:30 UTCResolved 2026-08-14 21:58 UTC (1.5 h)4 updatesSource: stspg.io

Summary

A major degradation affected Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. The incident started at 2026-08-14 20:30 UTC and was resolved at 2026-08-14 21:58 UTC (1 h 27 min); Anthropic reported customer impact from 20:14 to 20:38 UTC. A fix was deployed at 20:44 UTC, but no specific cause was disclosed.

Machine-written from the archived incident (Sol). Check the timeline before relying on it.

Affected components: Claude CoworkClaude API (api.anthropic.com)Claude Code

Timeline of updates

investigating2026-08-14 20:30 UTC
We are investigating reports of degraded performance affecting the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
identified2026-08-14 20:44 UTC
We have identified the cause of the issue affecting the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork and are working on a fix. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
monitoring2026-08-14 20:44 UTC
A fix has been deployed for the issue affecting the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork and we are monitoring for recovery.
resolved2026-08-14 21:58 UTC
The issue affecting the Claude API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork has been resolved. Impact occurred from 20:14 to 20:38 UTC.

Rewindex changes for this incident

Major incident: Service disruption on Claude services 2026-08-14 20:30 UTC

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