Anthropic incident
Elevated errors for Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Fable 5.1
Anthropic experienced a major incident on October 5, 2026 affecting claude.ai and Claude API (api.anthropic.com) and 1 more component, lasting 15m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
claude.aiClaude API (api.anthropic.com)Claude CodeClaude Cowork
Update timeline
- investigating Oct 05, 2026, 01:05 PM UTC
We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Fable 5.1. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- resolved Oct 05, 2026, 01:21 PM UTC
The issue affecting Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Fable 5.1 has been resolved. Impact occurred from 05:40 PT / 12:40 UTC to 06:10 PT / 13:10 UTC.