Claude is down for many here's everything we know so far

Date:
Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:59:50 +0000

Description:
If you can't get a conversation going with the popular AI tool, you're not alone.

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While Anthropic Claude's own status page isn't showing any issues as of yet, it's clear that the popular AI chatbot is having some issues this morning. Whether it's providing an error before you type in a prompt or simply not answering, Claude is having some problems.

Reports on Down Detector a site that tracks outages based on user reports for Claude have spiked to over 2,000 in a fairly short period, as we first
saw a spike at 10:29 AM ET. In my free Claude account on desktop, I'm seeing
a "This isn't working right now" message, while my colleagues are getting a similar message or simply can't sign in.

We'll track what's going on with Claude this morning in this live blog, bringing you any updates as we get them. We've reached out to Anthropic to
ask what's causing the issues, naturally.

To kick things off here is a look at Down Detector as of 10:40AM ET showing over 2,400 reports of issues with Claude. (Image credit: Future)

I'm on a free account, as well as a few of my colleagues, and Claude simply isn't answering prompts. I'm seeing an error message, "This isn't working right now," that suggests I try again, and this is appearing on both desktop and mobile. (Image credit: Future/Jacob Krol)

And here's a look at this error message. I'm seeing this appear when I open a new chat with Claude on desktop, but also after I send a prompt through. Let us know in the comments below if you're having issues with Claude. (Image credit: Future/Jacob Krol)



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