Anthropic experienced a major incident on May 12, 2026 affecting claude.ai and Claude API (api.anthropic.com) and 1 more component, lasting 19m. The incident has been resolved; the full update timeline is below.
Affected components
claude.aiClaude API (api.anthropic.com)Claude CodeClaude Cowork
Update timeline
- identified May 12, 2026, 11:38 PM UTC
The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.
- monitoring May 12, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC
A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.
- resolved May 12, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC
This incident has been resolved.