# Anthropic: Claude Desktop failing to open for some users

> Anthropic status incident “Claude Desktop failing to open for some users” on 2026-02-25: impact minor (vendor’s label), 7.5 h, 1 update(s). Archived by Rewindex.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/company/anthropic/incidents/d392wcgvxl01
Last updated: 2026-02-25T23:54:00Z

- Impact (vendor’s label): minor
- Status: resolved
- Started: 2026-02-25 16:23 UTC · Resolved: 2026-02-25 23:54 UTC · Duration: 7.5 h
- Updates: 1
- [Vendor status page: https://status.anthropic.com/incidents/d392wcgvxl01](https://status.anthropic.com/incidents/d392wcgvxl01)
- [Company: Anthropic](https://rewindex.com/company/anthropic.md)

## Timeline of updates

- **resolved** 2026-02-25 23:54 UTC: If Claude fails to launch on your computer, please download the latest version from download the latest version on https://claude.com/download. We have now fixed the underlying issue.

_From the vendor’s published history: only the final update text is available for incidents before Rewindex began polling this page._

## Cite this

Status incident (vendor impact label: minor) posted by Anthropic, started 2026-02-25 16:23 UTC, resolved after 7.5 h, 1 update(s).

- Canonical URL: https://rewindex.com/company/anthropic/incidents/d392wcgvxl01
- Citation: Anthropic, “Claude Desktop failing to open for some users” (2026-02-25 16:23 UTC). Archived by Rewindex: https://rewindex.com/company/anthropic/incidents/d392wcgvxl01 (CC BY 4.0).
- Markdown link: `[Anthropic: Claude Desktop failing to open for some users (2026-02-25)](https://rewindex.com/company/anthropic/incidents/d392wcgvxl01)`


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