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Claude Goes Down for Thousands of Users, Downdetector Reports
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By Anthony W. Haddad
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February 25, 2026

Claude AI reported a possible outage Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, , with more than 4,000 users experiencing issues, according to Downdetector. (Shutterstock)

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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 is showing a partial outage. They have said they have identified the issue with the Claude Desktop application and are working on deploying a fix.

Update at 9:18 a.m.

Claude’s status checker is now showing that they are currently investigating an issues for “500s for public-api.”

More than 6,000 users have now reported issues with the platform.

Update at 10:16 a.m.

User reports of issues with Claude AI have risen again after a small decline, with roughly 10,000 users now reporting problems.

A status update from the company says the Claude Desktop app has been failing to open for some Windows users, but a fix has been deployed and the company is monitoring error rates. Users experiencing issues are encouraged to update to Claude Desktop v1.1.4328 or reinstall the application to resolve the problem.

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Anthony W. Haddad, who graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his undergraduate degree and attended Fresno State for a MBA, is the Swiss Army knife of GV Wire. He writes stories, manages social media, and represents the organization on the ground.

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