Partial outageAnthropicMay 17, 2026

Elevated error rates on requests to multiple models

A record of the Anthropic incident on May 17, 2026 (Japan time): start time, duration and severity, plus current status, what to do, and alternatives.

Started
May 17, 2026, 03:08 AM
Resolved
May 17, 2026, 03:24 AM
Duration
16m
Impact
Partial outage

Current status

Anthropic is operating normally now. This incident has been resolved.

See current Anthropic status

What you can do during an outage

Source: Anthropic's official status page.

Other Anthropic incidents

  1. Elevated errors on Opus 4.7June 3, 2026
  2. Issue affecting some Claude Code servicesJune 3, 2026
  3. Elevated errors on multiple modelsJune 2, 2026
  4. Degraded performance for Claude Sonnet 4.6June 2, 2026
  5. Elevated errors on Claude Sonnet 4.6June 1, 2026