Anthropic experienced a major incident on April 1, 2026 affecting claude.ai, lasting 1m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
claude.ai
Update timeline
- identified Apr 01, 2026, 10:15 PM UTC
We have identified an issue which results in the Claude.ai desktop application returning an error when attempting to connect. We are working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible, and the Claude.ai website is unaffected.
- resolved Apr 01, 2026, 10:16 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.