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INCIDENT IN PROGRESS
Claude
✓Degraded performance on the Claude API
Updated
Confirmed disruption
21:43Started
1Timeline events
Confirmed by the official source.
Executive summary
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Summary
Claude has confirmed degraded performance affecting some API customers, with elevated latency and possible request timeouts for traffic entering through the US Midwest.
What users experienced
- User impact
Some Claude API customers may experience slower response times, elevated latency, and request timeouts.
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Started
21:4310 Sep 2026Timeline of the incident
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Detection
Confirmed by an official service source.
What we know
- ✓Claude officially reported degraded performance on the Claude API.
- ✓The provider reported slower response times, elevated latency, and some request timeouts.
- ✓The reported impact concerns some traffic entering through the US Midwest.
- ✓The latest provider status remains identified, with degraded performance affecting the Claude API and Claude Cowork.