Is Claude down? Here's what's happening as Anthropic issues statement, ‘Working on a fix’

Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced a significant outage on Wednesday, affecting various models.

Published on: Aug 5, 2026, 21:01:59 IST

By Shweta Kukreti

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Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude on Wednesday faced an outage, leading to users experiencing challenges in accessing the service, as reports of disruptions increased on social media.

Anthropic's Claude chatbot encountered a major outage Wednesday, with user complaints spiking on Downdetector. (AFP)

Downdetector, a platform that monitors online service outages by gathering user-submitted reports, indicated a significant rise in user complaints, suggesting extensive problems for Claude users. The outage seemed to affect various iterations of Anthropic's most recent Claude models.

Claude down: Anthropic issues statement

In a recent update on its status page, Anthropic announced that it has pinpointed the source of the problem and is actively working to restore service.

“We have identified the cause of elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5, Claude Fable 5, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5 and are working on a fix. We will provide an update as soon as possible,” the firm stated.

Additionally, the company mentioned that they are persistently working on a resolution for this issue.

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In a subsequent announcement, it was said that engineers were engaged in efforts to restore service to its normal state, although no timeline was provided for the resolution of the issue.

During the ongoing outage, there was a significant rise in complaints from users unable to access Claude. Reports said that the chatbot was failing to provide responses and was displaying loading errors when prompts were submitted.

‘This response didn’t load,’ reads error message

While attempting to inquire with Claude regarding the status, the error message read: "This response didn’t load."

The company has not disclosed the specific technical reasons behind the elevated error rates, nor has it clarified the relationship between the glitch and any infrastructure problems.

Netizens react to Claude outage

Meanwhile, several people on X posted about the Claude outage on X, “Claude is officially down since the past hour 😭 anyone still with a working claude?”

“Claude is down. And suddenly the vibe coders are feeling, Pre - Friday vibes,” another said.

“Is everyone noticing claude becoming a bit dumb for the past few days? Or is it only me?” a third use stated. “I am using opus 4.6 btw - not sure if they are doing it on purpose to upsell fable but there has been some real downgrade over the past week.”

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Shweta Kukreti
Shweta Kukreti has over 8 years of experience in covering Indian and world politics. She joined the Hindustan Times in 2024 and is primarily assigned to the US desk. She currently works as Deputy Chief Content Producer and reports on a wide range of topics, including US politics, immigration issues (especially H-1B visa) and major global events. Shweta strongly emphasizes team operations, which encompasses monitoring news, delegating tasks, editing, developing comprehensive coverage strategies, and crafting engaging, and data-informed narratives. She received the Digi Star Award at the Hindustan Times within a year of joining for her broad coverage of US politics. In 2025, she earned both a promotion and a redesignation, a significant achievement recognising her contributions and the strong value she brings to the team. She has previously worked with the Indian Express, HTDS, ANI and Republic World. Seniors in all the media organisations recognised her work. Regarding education, she earned a BA (Hons.) in Political Science and a master's degree from Delhi University, and she pursued a PG Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institution of Mass Communication (IIMC). She also holds a diploma in Women's Empowerment and Development from IGNOU University and a French certification course from Alliance Française de Delhi. If not working, you can find her exploring the hills and engaging in adventurous activities in Rishikesh and Himachal Pradesh. She loves to play badminton, volleyball, and chess, and spend time with her friends and family. She also enjoys spiritual activities.Read More

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