Claude Outage: Thousands Briefly Report Issues With Anthropic’s AI Chatbot

BreakingBusinessClaude Outage: Thousands Briefly Report Issues With Anthropic’s AI ChatbotByTy Roush,Forbes Staff. Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City.Follow AuthorFeb 25, 2026, 01:39pm ESTFeb 25, 2026, 01:53pm ESTToplineAnthropic’s AI chatbot appeared to experience a brief outage on Wednesday afternoon as issues were reported by thousands of users, according to DownDetector.com, though the AI startup said a fix had been deployed to address the problem. The AI startup signaled a “partial outage.” Getty ImagesKey FactsIssues with Anthropic’s Claude appeared to spike shortly after noon EST, and more than 4,700 users reported issues with the platform by 1:05 p.m., according to DownDetector, though reports fell below 200 before 1:30 p.m.About 45% of problems were reported with Claude Chat, while 25% reported issues accessing Claude Code and another 19% reported issues with the Claude app.Claude’s status page indicated a “partial outage” with the Claude Desktop app, which Anthropic said was failing to open for some users before a fix was deployed shortly before noon, though it still cited “elevated errors” with Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Opus 4.6.Forbes successfully used Claude’s chat feature as of 1:45 p.m.Big Number$380 billion. That’s Anthropic’s estimated market value following a $30 billion funding round earlier this month. It was valued at roughly $61.5 billion in March 2025 after a $3.5 billion fundraise.Key BackgroundAnthropic’s AI assistant Claude has briefly run into a pair of outages in recent weeks. Claude experienced issues earlier this month shortly after Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.6, the chatbot’s latest model the company claims is better at coding, designing and using the computer, among other uses. That development resulted in a selloff across global software stocks. Another smaller outage was reported in January.Further ReadingForbesSoftware Stocks—Oracle, Intuit, More—Fall As Anthropic’s Latest Claude Model Fuels AI ConcernsBy Ty RoushGot a tip? Share confidential information with Forbes.Editorial StandardsReprints & PermissionsLOADING VIDEO PLAYER...FORBES’ FEATURED Video