Anthropic's Claude AI Faces Global Outage Affecting Web, Mobile, and API Services

Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced a widespread outage on March 2, 2026, affecting users globally across web, mobile, and API platforms. The disruption began around 11:49 UTC, with users reporting HTTP 500 and 529 errors, login failures, timeouts, and slow responses, notably in India, Europe, and Africa. Anthropic confirmed elevated errors related mainly to login/logout pathways and is investigating the cause without providing a restoration timeline. The outage impacted both consumer and developer services, disrupting workflows reliant on Claude's AI capabilities.