Claude Outage: Thousands Briefly Report Issues With Anthropic’s AI Chatbot

Claude Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports

Claude AI experienced a possible outage Wednesday, with thousands of users reporting issues, according to Downdetector.com. More than 4,000 users had reported problems with the platform as of 9:11 a.m. PST, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collecting status reports from multiple sources. Most users reporting problems to Downdetector said they were experiencing Claude Chat issues. According to Claude’s status page, the platform …

Claude Outage: Thousands Briefly Report Issues With Anthropic’s AI Chatbot

The AI startup signaled a “partial outage.”

Is Claude not working for you? You're not alone

Credit: Calvin Wankhede / Android Authority TL;DR Claude is currently experiencing a partial outage. Over 1,000 users report that the service is unavailable. Anthropic says that it is currently working on a fix. Update: February 25, 2026 (4:09 PM ET): Anthropic has released a new update that fixes the issues causing the outage. The company recommends that users download the latest version of Claude (v1.1.4328). Original article: February 25, 20…