Claude outage August 20, 2026
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Claude claude.ai was down for 26 min on August 20, 2026.
Claude recorded a major-impact incident affecting claude.ai, Claude API (api.anthropic.com), Claude Code, Claude Cowork on August 20, 2026. It ran for 26 min — 41 min shorter than the archive median of 1 h 7 min.
- Started
- August 20, 2026, 19:16 UTC
- Resolved
- August 20, 2026, 19:42 UTC
- Duration
- 26 min
- Impact
- Major
What was affected?
How long did it last?
- August 20, 2026, 19:16 UTCinvestigatingT+0
- August 20, 2026, 19:42 UTCresolvedT+26 min
Has this happened before?
This was incident 20 of 26 recorded in August 2026, totalling 38 h 15 min of reported disruption across all Claude components that month. claude.ai was affected by 29 other recorded incidents in the 30 days before this one started. The previous incident touching claude.ai started on August 20, 2026. These comparisons are drawn from our archive, which starts on July 14, 2026. See the full outage history.
Summarized by Claude Network from Claude Status. Last verified .