Anthropic Fixes Claude Code API Outage
Anthropic experienced a major outage on Feb. 3, 2026 that caused Claude Code to return 500 errors and elevated API error rates across all Claude models. The company identified the root cause and implemented a fix within about 20 minutes, and later confirmed the Claude API outage was resolved. The interruption briefly impacted developers, including Microsoft teams that use the service.
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- Read OriginalClaude Code was down, forcing developers to take a long coffee breaktheverge.com
