--- title: Anthropic confirms Claude is down in major outage... description: Anthropic's Claude services are experiencing a major outage that began around 21:58 UTC on August 16, 2026, affecting Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-confirms-claude-is-down-in-major-outage-affecting-multiple-services-gbtepm1tg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Anthropic confirms Claude is down in major outage affecting multiple services | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic's Claude services are experiencing a major outage that began around 21:58 UTC on August 16, 2026, affecting Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-confirms-claude-is-down-in-major-outage-affecting-multiple-services-gbtepm1tg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gBTePm1tG.png og:image:alt: Anthropic confirms Claude is down in major outage affecting multiple services og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Anthropic confirms Claude is down in major outage affecting multiple services **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 2 min read · 8 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Anthropic's Claude services are experiencing a major outage that began around 21:58 UTC on August 16, 2026, affecting Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork. Users are reporting login failures, degraded performance, and incomplete requests. Anthropic first reported authentication issues, then a broader disruption affecting Claude.ai and platform.claude.com. Claude Console and the API remain operational, and the cause is still under investigation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why is Claude Code failing to authenticate right now? Anthropic reported a major outage affecting Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork starting around 21:58 UTC on August 16, initially describing it as an authentication issue preventing users from logging in. Minutes later, degraded performance was also reported on Claude.ai and platform.claude.com, while Claude Console and the Claude API stayed operational. _Teams depending on Claude Code for daily builds can track outage impact discussions on daily.dev._ ### Which Anthropic services were affected by the August 16 outage and which were unaffected? Claude.ai, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork were classified as experiencing a major outage, with issues including login failures, pages failing to load, and incomplete requests. Claude Console and the Claude API remained listed as operational throughout the incident, according to Anthropic's status page. _Developers weighing AI coding tool reliability can follow service status trends on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bozzified** · 1 upvotes > Funny how this coincides with Github/Copilot meltdown. > > Also, imagine how effective their LLM is after all the bullshit marketing fake hype, their whole system falls apart. > > I thought you had a "containement escaping", AGI level LLMs with conciousness Anthropic and Dario? > > Fucking clowns. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Anthropic confirms Claude is down worldwide](https://daily.dev/posts/anthropic-confirms-claude-is-down-worldwide-zoel2tosx) · BleepingComputer · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Claude is down as Anthropic investigates errors across its services](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-is-down-as-anthropic-investigates-errors-across-its-services-pz5pffz7s) · The Next Web · 13 upvotes · 0 comments - 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