Claude outage hits Anthropic services with elevated errors

What is happening

Anthropic has confirmed that Claude, its AI assistant, is suffering a widespread outage today. According to Android Authority, the company says the platform is showing elevated errors, meaning many requests are failing or performing poorly.

The disruption is not limited to one product. Anthropic's status page lists problems across its main chatbot website, its developer interface, its coding tool and its connectors, which link Claude to outside services such as documents and spreadsheets.

Which services are affected

The status site reports degraded performance on claude.ai, the Claude API, Claude Code and the connector system. Connectors include the tools that tie Claude to Docs and Sheets, so users relying on those integrations may also see failures.

There is some positive news. The company cautions, however, that errors may come back while engineers continue working on a full fix.

A possible link to the Microsoft outage

The trouble follows a separate outage at Microsoft. According to the Claude status site, issues first appeared after that incident, which caused the Microsoft 365 connector to fail on most requests.

Android Authority notes that a further problem seems to have emerged today on top of that earlier connector failure. Anthropic says it is currently investigating the degraded performance, so the exact cause of the latest errors is not yet confirmed.

What it means for users

People who use Claude for chat, coding or document work may see failed requests or slow responses until the fix is complete. Developers building on the API could also see errors in their applications.

Anthropic has not given a time for full restoration. Readers can check the company's official status page for the latest information, and Android Authority says it will update its report once service is restored.