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Claude AI Suffers Second Major Outage in Days
15 Apr
Summary
- Claude experienced a major outage impacting chat, code, and app access.
- This marks the second significant disruption for the AI chatbot in three days.
- Engineers worked to resolve login errors and restore full service functionality.
AI chatbot Claude experienced a significant disruption on April 7, 2026, marking its second major outage in just three days. The incident began at approximately 14:53 UTC, with hundreds of users reporting issues accessing Claude's services, including Claude Chat, Claude Code, and the main application. Downdetector noted a peak of 6,500 users reporting problems, with a substantial number experiencing difficulties with login functionalities.
Anthropic, the company behind Claude, officially acknowledged the "Partial Outage" and stated that engineers were actively working to resolve "elevated errors" across Claude.ai, the API, and Claude Code. While the Claude API was reported to have recovered by 16:01 UTC, issues with logging into Claude.ai and Claude Code persisted. The company indicated that success rates for logins were stabilizing and that further updates would follow.
This repeated disruption has drawn attention, as it follows a similar major outage that occurred on April 7, 2026, rendering both the chatbot and its coding tools inoperational for a considerable period. The company's rapid response aimed to mitigate the impact and restore full functionality to its user base.
