Possible Degradation Ongoing

Claude may be experiencing issues — incident in progress, May 13, 2026

Claude may be experiencing degraded performance based on our automated monitoring. Started May 13, 2026 at 12:31 UTC. This page updates automatically.

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ServiceClaude
StartedMay 13, 2026 at 12:31 UTC
StatusOngoing
Duration so far1 hour 38 minutes
Peak severityPossible Degradation
DetectionOfficial Anthropic status feed

Timeline

  1. Possible issue detected
  2. Confirmed by re-check

What happened

Claude may be experiencing degraded performance according to our automated monitoring. The incident was first detected at May 13, 2026 at 12:31 UTC and has been ongoing for approximately 1 hour 38 minutes. Are The Bots Down's monitoring system continues to track the situation and will update this page as it evolves. The data on this page is sourced from Anthropic's public status feed.

What to do when Claude appears to be having issues

Detected Claude issues on claude.ai often clear in under 15 minutes; the Anthropic API typically stays healthy when the consumer chat is degraded. Cross-reference status.claude.com, but it usually trails real-world incidents by 20 to 40 minutes.

Most users find it faster to switch tools than to wait. The closest alternatives to Claude for the same workflows are ChatGPT or Gemini.

Status information on this page is based on automated monitoring of publicly accessible endpoints and user-submitted reports. Are The Bots Down? is an independent monitoring service not affiliated with any monitored service. Automated monitoring can produce false positives; the source of record for any service's actual operational status is the service operator itself.

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