Anthropic's Claude chatbot offline in global outage
Mar 2nd 2026
Users reported an error saying Claude was down and being repaired while Anthropic worked to restore service; the Claude API remained available and third party trackers recorded a global outage.
- Claude's web interface showed an error message saying it was experiencing a temporary service disruption and would return soon.
- Anthropic said the problem had been identified and was being fixed and directed users to an error page.
- Anthropic reported the Claude API was still working while Down Detector logged a major worldwide outage around noon UK time, about 4 a.m. Pacific.
- The outage comes during a high profile dispute with the US Department of Defense after Anthropic refused to give unrestricted military access to Claude, a stance that contrasts with OpenAI's support to the US military.