Claude, the AI chatbot developed by Anthropic, faced significant downtime due to “elevated errors” reported on Monday. The company acknowledged the issue via its status page at 11:49 a.m. GMT (6:49 a.m. ET) and initially stated they were investigating the matter. A follow-up update, provided roughly 30 minutes later, clarified that while the Claude API functioned correctly, the errors were linked to the login/logout paths on Claude.ai.
Impact of the Claude Outage
During this downtime, over 2,000 users experienced issues with Claude, as reported by Downdetector. The problems impacted various services including:
- Claude chatbot
- Claude Console (the developer platform)
- Claude Code (the AI-powered coding assistant)
Mashable reached out to Anthropic for additional insights regarding the outage. The last notable downtime occurred on February 28, 2026, involving issues with Claude Opus 4.6, the latest iteration of Anthropic’s large language model.
Claude’s Recent Success and Competition
The outage coincided with Claude’s recent success in the Apple App Store, where it surpassed OpenAI’s ChatGPT to become the most downloaded free app in the U.S. While ChatGPT ranked second, Google’s Gemini placed fourth on the chart.
This ascent in app rankings came in the wake of significant news involving Anthropic. Following an announcement from former President Donald Trump that the U.S. government would discontinue using Anthropic technology, OpenAI secured a deal with the U.S. Department of War. This agreement allows OpenAI to provide its AI technologies for military applications in classified settings.
Conclusion
The downtime experienced by Claude has drawn attention to potential vulnerabilities within AI platforms. As the competition in the AI chatbot market intensifies, users and stakeholders will be keenly observing how Anthropic addresses these technical challenges in the future.
