Claude Code and API outage resolved after 59 minutes on September 29
Claude's status page reports an outage from 14:00 to 14:59 UTC on September 29, affecting Claude Code, the API and other Claude services. Sessions and sign-ins recovered, but some messages sent during the incident may not have been saved.
SessionWatcher editorial · Published · Updated · Source announcement: 2026-09-29
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Affected services and incident window
Claude's status page reports that the September 29, 2026 incident affected Claude Code, Claude Cowork, claude.ai, the Claude desktop and mobile apps, the Claude Console and the Claude API.
Impact lasted from 14:00 to 14:59 UTC, or 07:00 to 07:59 PT, a 59-minute window. Users encountered elevated errors, and some API requests returned errors.
Sources: Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and the Claude API
Recovery and potentially unsaved messages
The initial errors were mitigated at 14:36 UTC, but sign-in attempts and Claude Code and Cowork sessions continued to fail for some users.
Services were operating normally from 14:59 UTC. Signing in, starting chats and Claude Code or Cowork sessions, purchases and file uploads were working again. The status page warned that some messages sent between 14:00 and 14:59 UTC may not have been saved.
Sources: Elevated errors on claude.ai, Claude Code, Claude Cowork and the Claude API
AI assisted reporting, checked against the linked official sources. Source pages checked 2026-10-03. Editorial process and corrections.