Claude was down — Live updates on the AI service outage

· tom's guide

2026-04-06T15:43:51.632Z

The reports roll in

(Image credit: Downdetector)

Downdetector reports for Claude sharply rose from the baseline to around 2,700 quickly. Generally, that many reports coming in a short time is a sign that something is wrong with a service, in this case, with Claude.