Claude is down for many — here's what we know about the outage

02 Jun 2026, 09:36 by https://www.techradar.com/uk/author/mark-wilson · TechRadar

Claude is down for many — here's what we know about the outage

Anthropic has confirmed the "partial outage"

News By Mark Wilson published 2 June 2026

(Image credit: © Anthropic)

The popular AI assistant Claude has gone down for many today, with Anthropic confirming that it's working on fixing the issue.

The problems started at around 2.10am ET / 7.10am GMT, when a spike in reports appeared on Downdetector. At the time of writing, those reports are still climbing and have hit 216 reports in the UK. There are also currently 139 reports in the US.

The Claude Status page has confirmed a "partial outage", but says "a fix is being implemented". Here's the latest news on Claude's issues today...

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A slow start to the day

(Image credit: Downdetector)

Reports of issues on Claude have been steadily climbing on Downdetector over the past 90 minutes in the UK. Most people are having issues with Claude Chat, with other services like Claude Cowork and Claude for Government seemingly unaffected.

However, there are signs that reports are dropping slightly, which could be related to the fix that Anthropic says is "being implemented".

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