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Anthropic reported degraded performance across Claude Code services

Anthropic documented degraded performance affecting Claude in Slack, Claude Code on the web and Code Review for roughly two hours and twenty minutes on August 31.

First observed
Aug 31, 2026, 6:55:00 PM
Disclosed
Aug 31, 2026, 9:21:32 PM
Status
Resolved
Confidence
98%
Organization
Anthropic
Last reviewed
Sep 4, 2026

Observed

Facts supported by sources

  • Anthropic reported degraded performance affecting Claude in Slack, Claude Code on the web and Code Review.
  • Anthropic's resolution update states that impact occurred from 16:55 UTC to 19:16 UTC on August 31.

Assessment

Interpretation, not observation

  • The public status record does not provide a root cause or quantified user count.

Impact

Impact

Degraded coding, review and Slack-based Claude workflows for affected users during the incident window.

Response

Response

Anthropic investigated the degradation and reported Claude Code restored after the impact window ended.

Methodology: Facts, interpretations, and uncertainty are kept separate. Confidence describes the strength of the evidence, not a probability estimate.