Degraded
Claude outage on August 18, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted
On August 18, 2026, Claude (Anthropic) had degraded performance between 16:20 and 19:01 UTC, about 2.7 h in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
Timeline (UTC)
- OfficialOfficial incident posted: Degraded performance for multiple models
- OfficialOfficially resolved: Degraded performance for multiple models
Hourly measurements (UTC)
00:0012:0023:00
Was Claude down on August 18, 2026?
On August 18, 2026, Claude (Anthropic) had degraded performance between 16:20 and 19:01 UTC, about 2.7 h in total. The vendor posted 1 incident.
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