# Claude outage disrupts web, coding and cowork services

_Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM EDT · AI · Developing · Tier 2 — Notable_

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Anthropic's Claude services entered a major outage beginning about 21:58 UTC on August 16, affecting Claude.ai, Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Anthropic first reported authentication problems, then said Claude.ai and platform.claude.com were experiencing degraded performance. Users may be unable to sign in, load Claude or complete requests. Claude Console and the Claude API were listed as operational while Anthropic investigated the cause.

## Sources

- [BleepingComputer](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-confirms-claude-is-down-in-major-outage-affecting-multiple-services/)

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