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Global Outage Disrupts Anthropic's Claude AI Services
Claude went dark globally for a stretch on June 5. The service that helps people ship code needed some of its own.
The facts
Anthropic's Claude AI assistant experienced a global outage on June 5, affecting chat, API, and code services across multiple models. Users worldwide reported access issues and elevated error rates. Anthropic identified the cause, implemented a fix within hours, and continues to monitor service recovery.