Major incident
Anthropic (Claude): Elevated errors for Claude Sonnet 5.5 and other models
Oct 25, 2026, 06:14 UTC
started
07:53 UTC
resolved
1 h 39 min
duration
Affected: claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork
Current status of Anthropic (Claude): Operational — live Anthropic (Claude) status
Timeline
- Oct 25, 2026, 06:14 UTCinvestigatingWe are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5.1, Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, and Claude Haiku 5.5. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Oct 25, 2026, 06:27 UTCidentifiedWe have identified the cause of elevated errors on requests to Claude Sonnet 5.5 and are working on a fix. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Oct 25, 2026, 06:35 UTCmonitoringA fix has been deployed for the issue affecting Claude services and we are monitoring for recovery.
- Oct 25, 2026, 07:53 UTCresolvedThe issue affecting Claude services has been resolved. Impact occurred from 23:05 PT on October 24 / 06:05 UTC on October 25 to 23:35 PT on October 24 / 06:35 UTC on October 25.
Updates as published by Anthropic (Claude) (original).
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More Anthropic (Claude) incidents
- October 25, 2026 Elevated errors for Claude Fable 5.1
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- October 24, 2026 Elevated errors for Claude Opus 5.5
- October 23, 2026 Elevated errors for Claude Fable 5.1, Sonnet 5.5, and Haiku 5.5
- October 22, 2026 Elevated errors affecting Connectors
- October 21, 2026 Degraded performance for Claude Fable 5