Anthropic incident

Degraded performance for multiple models

Resolved after 2 hours 41 minutes, affecting claude.ai and Claude API (api.anthropic.com) and 1 more, on August 18, 2026.

resolved Aug 18, 2026, 07:01 PM UTC

The issue affecting Claude Opus 5 has been resolved. Impact occurred from 16:11 to 18:23 UTC.

Started
Aug 18, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC
Resolved
Aug 18, 2026, 07:01 PM UTC
Duration
2h 41m
Detected by Pingoru
Aug 18, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC

Affected components

claude.aiClaude API (api.anthropic.com)Claude CodeClaude Cowork

Update timeline

  1. investigating Aug 18, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC

    We are investigating reports of degraded performance affecting multiple models. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

  2. investigating Aug 18, 2026, 04:20 PM UTC

    We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5, Claude Fable 5, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Haiku 4.5, and other Claude models. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

  3. investigating Aug 18, 2026, 05:12 PM UTC

    We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Opus 5. We will provide an update as soon as possible.

  4. monitoring Aug 18, 2026, 06:26 PM UTC

    A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.

  5. resolved Aug 18, 2026, 07:01 PM UTC

    The issue affecting Claude Opus 5 has been resolved. Impact occurred from 16:11 to 18:23 UTC.

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