Anthropic experienced a minor incident on May 18, 2026 affecting claude.ai and Claude Console (platform.claude.com) and 1 more component, lasting 1h 55m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
claude.aiClaude Console (platform.claude.com)Claude API (api.anthropic.com)Claude CodeClaude Cowork
Update timeline
- investigating May 18, 2026, 06:12 AM UTC
We are currently investigating this issue.
- monitoring May 18, 2026, 07:28 AM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved May 18, 2026, 08:07 AM UTC
This incident has been resolved.