Anthropic’s Claude platform suffered a major outage on April 15, 2026, knocking out access to Claude.ai, the developer API, and Claude Code for nearly three hours. The company confirmed it was investigating elevated errors at 7:53 PM Pakistan Standard Time (10:53 AM ET), and the incident was not fully resolved until 10:42 PM Pakistan Standard Time (1:42 PM ET). Recovery was uneven; at 8:20 PM Pakistan Standard Time, Anthropic confirmed the API had fully recovered, but Claude.ai remained down. An update at 8:40 PM Pakistan Standard Time stated that “Claude.ai and Platform are down,” with Claude Code logins also failing. By 9:29 PM Pakistan Standard Time, login success rates had stabilized. Outage tracking site Downdetector recorded more than 7,000 user reports within the first hour, surpassing 15,000 within 25 minutes and eventually exceeding 20,000. Among those affected, 46% cited problems with Claude Code, 24% reported issues with Claude Chat, and 18% pointed to the mobile app. Google search interest in “Is Claude down” surged 500% during the outage window. Pro subscribers found the outage particularly frustrating, as the system could not generate or process verification codes. The April 15 incident fits a pattern of recurring disruptions, with outages on April 3, 6, 7, 8, and 13