Resolved · lasted 4 h
Claude outage on October 6
Reports for Claude jumped to 240 an hour and stayed high for 4 h.
- Started
- 12:00 PM
- October 6, 2026 · UTC
- Back to normal
- 4:00 PM
- 4 h later
- Peak
- 240/hr
- 8× normal
- Anthropic’s incident
- 19 min
- Elevated errors for Claude Opus 5.5
Reports during the outage
10:00 AM5:50 PM UTC
What Anthropic said
status.claude.comResolved12:24 – 12:43 PM · 19 min
Elevated errors for Claude Opus 5.5
- Resolved · 12:43 PM
The issue affecting Claude Opus 5.5 has been resolved.
- Identified · 12:37 PM
We have identified the cause of elevated errors on requests to Claude Opus 5.5 and are working on a fix. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Investigating · 12:24 PM
We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Opus 5.5. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
Anthropic posted its first update 25 min after reports started rising.
What people said
- matConflans-Sainte-Honorine, FR · 12:26 PM
Claude est occupé en ce moment. Réessayez dans un instant. Connexion impossible
- WilliamParis, FR · 12:27 PM
Serveur down
2 comments during the outage
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