New Delhi, April 15 -- Anthropic's Claude AI experienced a significant outage on April 15, 2026, affecting Claude.ai, its API, and Claude Code services. Thousands of users reported access issues, with Downdetector showing a sharp spike in complaints during the morning (PT) hours.

The incident was first flagged at 14:53 UTC, when increased error rates were observed across all major Claude services. By 14:55 UTC, the company confirmed it was investigating the issue.

User reports surged quickly as the outage expanded:

7,000+ reports by 8:02 a.m. PT

9,000+ reports by 8:08 a.m. PT

15,000+ reports by 8:25 a.m. PT

20,000+ reports by 8:39 a.m. PT

The spike indicated a widespread disruption impacting users globally.

Users experienced multi...