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Recent incidents
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- Elevated errors on platform.claude.com
We are investigating elevated errors affecting usage data on the platform.claude.com Usage page and the Admin API usage report. Core functionality is not affected. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Elevated errors loading usage data on platform.claude.com
We are investigating elevated errors loading usage data on the platform.claude.com Usage page and the Admin API usage report endpoint since 5 PM PT. Messages API requests are not affected. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Elevated errors for Claude Opus 5.5
We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Opus 5.5. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Elevated errors for Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Fable 5.1
We are investigating elevated errors on requests to Claude Mythos 5.1 and Claude Fable 5.1. We will provide an update as soon as possible.
- Delayed credits on the Claude Platform
We are investigating delays in credit purchases being reflected in account balances, resulting in some requests failing for insufficient credit balance. We will provide an additional update as soon as possible.
- Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and the Claude API
We are investigating elevated error rates affecting Claude.ai (including the desktop and mobile apps), Claude Code and Claude Cowork. Users may see failed requests, errors loading or sending conversations, or be asked to sign in again; retrying may succeed. We will provide an upd…
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- sdk-v0.135.0
- Claude Code 2.1.301: CLAUDECODERETRYWATCHDOGMAXUSAGELIMITWAITMS so unattended retry mode (CLAUDECODERETRYWATCHDOG) ends a request…