Claude (Anthropic)
Degraded

Claude outage on August 31, 2026: what happened and how long it lasted

On August 31, 2026, Claude (Anthropic) had degraded performance between 17:23 and 20:36 UTC, about 3.2 h in total. The vendor posted 2 incidents.

Live status

Timeline (UTC)

  1. OfficialOfficial incident posted: Degraded performance on claude.ai
  2. OfficialOfficially resolved: Degraded performance on claude.ai
  3. OfficialOfficial incident posted: Degraded performance on claude.ai and Claude Code
  4. OfficialOfficially resolved: Degraded performance on claude.ai and Claude Code

Hourly measurements (UTC)

00:0012:0023:00
Was Claude down on August 31, 2026?

On August 31, 2026, Claude (Anthropic) had degraded performance between 17:23 and 20:36 UTC, about 3.2 h in total. The vendor posted 2 incidents.

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