BREAKING
Claude Restored After 45-Min Outage
How Anthropic Handled It
1
Issue identified
↓
2
Fix implemented
↓
3
Monitoring
↓
4
Resolved
0
min
June 18 outage
0
+
disruptions
0
days
timeframe
90-Day Uptime by Service
claude.ai
98.93
Claude API
99.29
Claude Code
99.15
Why Outages Ripple Widely
The strain
success tax
●
2026 demand surge
●
Infrastructure lagging
The fallout
users
●
Halted API workflows
●
Switched to Sonnet
Scaling vs Reliability
AI NEWS BLITZ
Anthropic's Claude went down for about 45 minutes before being restored on June 18, 2026.